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Madras High Court Partly Allowed a Police Constable's Writ Against Disciplinary Punishment for Prisoner Escape. The Court Modified the Punishment from Two Years to One Year Stoppage of Increment Without Cumulative Effect with Black Mark, Holding That Past Clean Service Records Must Be Considered When Imposing Punishment....

The petitioner, a police constable, faced disciplinary proceedings for negligence after a convicted accused he was escorting escaped at a busy Trichy bus stand. The petitioner, along with another cons...

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Madras High Court Examines Challenge to Denial of Outdoor Advertisement License. Petitioner Seeks Quashing of Order Dated 06.06.2024 and Direction to Grant License under Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2023....

The litigation arose from the rejection of a license application for an outdoor advertisement hoarding by the Greater Chennai Corporation. The petitioner, M/s.Falcon Media Group, a proprietorship enga...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Re-Verification of Community Certificate as Genuineness Can Be Verified Anytime. Community Certificate Re-Verification Permissible Under Article 226 Despite Lapse of Time....

The writ petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of certiorarified mandamus to quash an interdepartmental communication dated 27.01.2015 and a letter dated 22....

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Madras High Court Dismisses Intra-Court Appeal in High Tension Tower Erection Dispute on Patta Land. Court Directs Landowner to Seek Compensation Under Section 16(3) of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, Upholding Public Interest in Essential Services over Private Land Objections....

The dispute arose from the proposed erection of a high tension tower on patta land belonging to the appellant, Jaya Santhi, in Sethupattu Village, Tiruvannamalai District, by the Tamil Nadu Generation...

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High Court of Madras Considers Review Application in Labour Dispute Over Security Guards' Employment Status. Application Filed Under Order XLVII Rule 1 CPC Against Division Bench Judgment in W.A.No.424 of 2021....

This review application was filed by the Management of Ennore Thermal Power Station, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, under Order XLVII Rule 1 read with Section 114 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, ...

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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Petition Filed by Senior Citizens Against Officers of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for Disobedience of Order in W.A. No. 424/2021; Contempt Closed Pursuant to Order in Review Application...

The contempt petition arose from an earlier writ appeal (W.A. No. 424 of 2021) concerning service matters of former employees of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. Forty-five petitioners, all retired s...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revenue's Appeal in TDS Penalty Case — No Reasonable Cause for Penalty Under Section 271C When Assessee Acted on Professional Advice. Penalty under Section 271C of Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be levied when assessee had reasonable cause for non-deduction of TDS based on professional advice that no income deemed to accrue in India....

The appeal was filed by the Revenue under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bengaluru dated 4th May 2006. The ITAT had allowed the...

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High Court of Karnataka Sets Aside Discharge of Managing Director in TDS Non-Remittance Case — Prima Facie Case Made Out Under Section 276B of Income Tax Act, 1961. The Court held that the Trial Court erred in discharging the accused without considering the complaint allegations and documents showing his role as principal officer....

The Income Tax Department filed a complaint under Section 200 of Cr.P.C. alleging that accused No.1 (Company) and other accused, including the respondent (Managing Director), failed to remit TDS of Rs...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging DRT Order in SARFAESI Matter — No Interference with Possession Notice as Debtor Failed to Discharge Liability. Court Held That Writ Jurisdiction Under Article 226 Cannot Be Used to Circumvent Statutory Remedy Under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act, 2002....

The petitioners, Sri S.V. Ramaswamy, Mrs. Usha Ramaswamy, and R.K. Associates (a partnership firm), filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution before the High Court of Karnataka at Be...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Trust's Challenge to Land Acquisition for Market Yard Due to Delay and Laches. Challenge to Preliminary Notification Under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Filed After Over a Year Held Not Maintainable....

The Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust filed two writ petitions challenging the acquisition of its land by the State of Karnataka for the benefit of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Yeshwanthpura, Be...