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Justice Shamim Ahmed held that a Magistrate cannot re-examine eligibility certificates issued by the appropriate authority and that a woman aged 50 years remains eligible until she turns 51.
A Division Bench at the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has struck down Section 34-C of the Registration Act, 1908, holding it an unconstitutional resurrection of Rule 55-A already invalidated by the Supreme Court.
The Madurai Bench held that a convert to Islam becomes simply a Muslim and cannot be slotted into a notified backward-class Muslim sect, declaring G.O. (Ms) No. 31 dated 09.03.2024 unconstitutional.
A Division Bench at Madurai held that a Corporation school teacher appointed belatedly due to official inaction retains her right to the old pension scheme, not the contributory scheme.
Justice R. Kalaimathi dismissed the producer's appeal after personally viewing the film, holding that the CBFC's refusal was reasoned and that the offending content ran through the film making cuts impractical.
A five-judge Larger Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an embargo on leave applications under the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982, holding that pendency of an appeal is no automatic bar.
The Madurai Bench found that local police ignored the organiser's complaint, skipped video evidence, and filed a hurried final report after advocates attacked a public hearing on illegal quarrying.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench directed Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University to accept an LLM dissertation delayed by pregnancy and childbirth, holding that motherhood cannot be treated as academic default.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench allowed a pregnant woman's termination plea, directed DNA preservation of foetal tissue for a Section 69 BNS investigation, and disposed of the original police-harassment writ.
The Madurai Bench held that SC/ST Act offences require caste to be the motive, acquitted on abetment of suicide, and reduced a life-term POCSO sentence under the constitutional bar on ex post facto punishment.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court set aside a trial court decree dismissing a Rs 25 lakh money suit, holding that adverse findings on unchallenged facts without court questions are perverse.
The Madras High Court held that a writ petition seeking directions to scrutinise SC candidates' nomination papers was barred by Article 329(b) and that no legal vacuum existed warranting fresh directions.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court granted interim injunction against construction of a church on land revenue records describe as a public road, pending disposal of a civil suit filed in 2011.
Justice K. Kumaresh Babu granted an ex parte interim injunction on 17 June 2026, halting the Telugu dubbed OTT release of Drishyam 3 after none of the respondents appeared despite private notice.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court reversed a Single Judge's order that had allowed attendance-deficient law students to sit their semester examinations, holding that Bar Council of India Rules permit no further relaxation.
The Madurai Bench held that an Agricultural Officer who deferred joining a promoted post until he completed 20 years of service could not claim Special Grade benefits he was not otherwise entitled to.
The Madras High Court's Madurai Bench held that Article 21 dignity extends to mortal remains and authorised State authorities to conduct last rites of Akash Delison after his family declined to receive the body.
The Madras High Court dismissed a PIL by an AIADMK advocate demanding a CBI inquiry into four MLAs who resigned and joined TVK, finding no tangible material beyond suspicion.
The Madurai Bench confirmed conviction under Section 302 IPC after holding that an injured professor's dock identification was reliable without a test identification parade, and that hostile student witnesses had been won over.
The Madurai Bench granted bail to a Sub-Inspector accused of harbouring his son after an honour killing, finding no evidence of his active role in the offence.
The Madurai Bench drew a sharp line between specific matrimonial allegations against a police constable husband and omnibus Section 498-A charges against six relatives living separately.
The Madurai Bench held that a writ of mandamus cannot substitute execution proceedings in a maintenance dispute between spouses, and dismissed the petition as not maintainable.
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that oral arguments by the defence are a facet of fair trial under Article 21, and a trial court must appoint an amicus if counsel fails to argue.
