Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Madras High Court declined to quash the criminal proceedings against S. Ve. Shekher, ex-MLA in a defamation case. The court was hearing the case on the derogatory comment made by Shekher on his Facebook account, which was Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Madras High Court, Madurai Bench has ruled that when legal action is taken to defend the rights of the wife, such action may never be used as evidence of mental cruelty in a divorce case. A Single Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Madras High Court declared on Friday that the Enforcement Directorate has the right to ask for custody of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a money-laundering case. Following a split decision by the division bench consisting Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Madras High Court quashed the complaint filed against actor Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajinikanth and others under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act 2003, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Even though a special court had ended all proceedings in the case after the accused passed away while the trial was still ongoing, the Madras High Court recently awarded compensation of Rs. 14 lakhs to a young, mentally Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Madras High Court passed a split verdict on the issue i.e., whether it can order the release of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Madras High Court declared that a person’s caste cannot be a factor in the appointment of a temple priest. The bench consisted of Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who held that the sole criteria for someone to be chosen Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Madras High Court passed a major decision that a wife who contributed to the acquisition of family assets by performing household duties would be entitled to an equal part in the properties since she had indirectly contributed to their Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Madras High Court passed an order whereby directing the Madras Bar Association (MBA) to pay ₹5 lakhs as compensation after a lawyer was prevented by another lawyer from drinking water from MBA’s office premises on the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Madras High Court held that the right to life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution includes right to avail decent medical treatment and no discrimination can be made in the treatment of patients in government Read more