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
Jahanvi Agarwal In Udhagamandalam (Ooty), a new combined court complex was inaugurated which contained eight court buildings, chambers for lawyers, two rooms for paralegals, a room for the judges’ drivers, a vulnerable victim’s room, a convention hall, etc. Surprisingly, there Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued separate notifications announcing the appointment of the Chief Justices. Five judges were elevated as Chief Justices of High Courts, with one of them due to retire on Read more
Vaishnavi Nair Hon’ble Thiru. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh is a sitting Judge of the Madras High Court. On December 19, 2016, the Collegium chaired by the then Chief Justice of Madras High Court Hon’ble Mr Justice SK Kaul suggested the Read more
A law student, Monila Chaskar, shares an exciting courtroom story of Madras High Court. The Madras High Court began hearing cases only through video conference facility because of COVID-19. Humour in court has gone to a different level. Recently, an Read more