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Dr. Justice A.D. Maria Clete held that child welfare, not parental privacy alone, governs admissibility of electronic records allegedly showing drug use in guardianship proceedings.
The Madras High Court held that inclusion of a government servant's name in a promotion panel is a procedural step, not a vested right, and pending TDP charges justify deferment.
The Madras High Court has quashed proceedings against a Tamil Nadu Farmers Protection Association office-bearer charged under the BNS for joining a hunger strike demanding withdrawal of criminal cases against a farm leader.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari rejected the State's technical objections and directed payment of Rs. 12,10,000 in fees and travel expenses to advocate B. Mohan.
The Madurai Bench affirmed conviction under Section 376(2)(n) IPC, finding that consent procured through deception, false promise of marriage, and sexual extortion was no consent in law.
The Madurai Bench has directed the Tirunelveli District Collector to publicly announce proposed orders on ritual waste dumping in river Tamirabarani, listing the matter for 16 July 2026.
Justice M. Dhandapani quashes penalty and modifies the Information Commission's order, but independently directs all private schools to publish fee structures under Rule 17(3) of the Tamil Nadu Private Schools Rules.
The Madras High Court dismissed a 2021 assembly election petition against Duraimurugan for lack of material facts and because the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly term expired before the petition could be decided.
A practising advocate's Article 226 petition seeking to compel the Madras High Court Registry to list 21 delayed matters was dismissed; the bench held mandamus cannot bypass established listing procedures.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan directed the RDO to conduct an inquiry and the Inspector of Police to provide protection to a Mayiladuthurai man ostracised after an inter-caste marriage.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench has rejected two Sivakasi paper manufacturers' attempt to re-export illegally imported municipal solid waste to Dubai instead of Canada and the United States, imposing a 60-day deadline and environmental compensation for delay.
The Madurai Bench refused to quash an FIR against spa partners and staff, ruling that the procedural safeguard of calling respectable inhabitants before a search applies only to residential premises under the ITP Act.
Justice B. Pugalendhi of the Madras High Court's Madurai Bench set firm deadlines for six tribunal enquiries and called for a permanent, independent Vigilance Commissioner in Tamil Nadu.
The Madras High Court found, prima facie, that the Centre reduced a life sentence without Sri Lanka's consent or a court order, as required by the bilateral prisoner-transfer agreement.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan directed the Director General of Police to provide armed security forthwith to C.Ve. Shanmugam, citing continuous life threats and a pending murder trial.
A Madras High Court Division Bench holds that a government employee's third-child maternity leave is capped at 12 weeks under amended Fundamental Rule 101(A), overriding earlier High Court precedents.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy held that merely recording a 1967 speech calling for Tamil Nadu's secession cannot incite hatred in today's social milieu.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the revision petition filed by former Tamil Nadu Minister K. Ponmudi, holding that the trial court rightly took cognizance of hate speech charges without prior sanction.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed dissolution of a marriage marked by isolation, body-shaming, and a demand for DNA testing of the wife's child, and reversed a trial court order that had refused to direct return of streedhan articles.
The Madurai Bench held that no custom excluding a community from a public temple festival can survive constitutional scrutiny under Articles 14, 15, 17 and 25.
The Madurai Bench upheld the death penalty awarded to Anandhasekar for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on three children aged six to eight, committed every Saturday over nearly one year.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan quashed proceedings against three HR and CE employees charged with misappropriating temple funds, holding that prosecution evidence pointed solely to the first accused.
Justice P.T. Asha found the suspension of Inspector G. Vimala prima facie motivated, noting the FIR against a fellow officer was lodged only after the Directorate's own approval.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench ordered the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dindigul Rural, to verify a complaint, register an FIR if cognisable offences are disclosed, and preserve digital evidence within four weeks.
