India - High Court of Madras

Madras High Court Directs Impartial Investigation Into Cyber Defamation Complaints Involving Political Figures Today

Madras High CourtDirectsImpartial InvestigationIntoCyber DefamationComplaints Involving Political Figures TodayTheMadurai Bench of theMadras High Court, led by Mrs. Justice L. Victoria Gowri, has mandated animpartial investigationinto acyber defamationcomplaint filed by a political office-bea...

31 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Madras

Madras High Court Upholds Traditional Festival Amusement Activities Rejecting Petition Against Organized Annual Event

Madras High CourtUpholds Traditional Festival Amusement Activities Rejecting Petition Against Organized Annual EventTheMadurai Bench of theMadras High Courthas dismissed a petition seeking to halt amusement rides during the traditional Aadi Thabasu festival in Tenkasi. Presided over by Justic...

30 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Andhra Pradesh

AP High Court: Party Must Stand on Own Case for Interim Relief, Not Opponent's Weakness

AP High Court: Party Must Stand on Own Case for Interim Relief, Not Opponent's WeaknessIn a significant restatement of a foundational legal principle, theAndhra Pradesh High Courthas set aside a single judge’sinterim orderthat granted relief solely because the opposing party’s counsel failed ...

20 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Madras

Madras High Court Closes Quashing Petition Following Removal of Accused's Name in Final Report: Crime No.209 of 2022

Madras High Court Closes Quashing Petition Following Name Exclusion in FIR InvestigationIn a significant procedural development at the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, the court officially disposed of a criminal original petition filed by a petitioner seeking the quashing of an FIR. Th...

18 Feb 2026

India - High Court of Madras

Madras HC Overturns Acquittal in Explosives Case: Crl.A(MD)No.475 of 2019

Madras HC Overturns Acquittal in Explosives Case: Crl.A(MD)No.475 of 2019The Madras High Court has issued a significant judgment inThe State v. Mohammed Hanifa @ Tenkasi Hanifa, overturning an acquittal granted by the Principal Sessions Court, Dindigul. The division bench, comprising Justices...

23 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Madras

Minor Procedural Lapses Cannot Override Substantive Evidence in Criminal Trials: Madras High Court

Madras HC: Minor Procedural Gaps No Grounds to Toss Out Serious Terror ProsecutionIn a significant ruling, the Madras High Court has overturned the acquittal of an accused individual charged with attempted murder and possession of explosives, reaffirming that minor procedural irregularities—w...

23 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Madras

Illegal Import of Municipal Waste is Waste Colonialism: Madras High Court

Illegal Importof Municipal Waste isWaste Colonialism:Madras High CourtIn a landmark judgment that addresses the environmental security of India, theMadurai Bench of theMadras High Courthas declared theillegal importof municipal solid waste disguised as "waste paper" to be a direct affront to ...

07 Jul 2026

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Morphed Obscene Image Of Woman Is Not Harmless Digital Prank: Madras HC

It definitely cannot be taken lightly ever by anyone that none other than the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in a most landmark, learned, laudable, logical and latest judgment titled R Ramesh Kumar Vs. SP in W.P.Crl.(MD).No.2027 of 2026 that was pronounced just recently on 08.06.2026 ...

05 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Madras

Temple Caste Exclusion Is Unconstitutional: Madras High Court

Temple Caste Exclusion Is Unconstitutional:Madras High CourtIn a significant judicial intervention addressing the intersection of local customs and constitutional mandates, theMadurai Bench of theMadras High Courthas declared that caste-based exclusion in public religious institutions cannot ...

02 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Madras

Morphed Images Are Calculated Assaults on Privacy: Madras HC

Morphed Images Are Calculated Assaults on Privacy: Madras HCIn a significant ruling aimed at curbing the growing menace of digital harassment, theMadurai Bench of theMadrasHigh Courthas declared that the morphing of a woman’s photograph and its subsequent circulation on social media is"not a ...

01 Jul 2026