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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition, Quashes Preventive Detention Order Due to Lack of Proximity Between Adverse Cases and Ground Case. Preventive Detention Act Invoked Unnecessarily When Ordinary Law Sufficed....

The petitioner, Velu, filed a Habeas Corpus Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Madras High Court challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent (Distri...

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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition Challenging Preventive Detention Order Due to Undated Special Report. Detenu's Likely Release on Bail Based on Undated Material Constitutes Non-Application of Mind Under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982....

The petitioner, Gomathi, filed a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the preventive detention order dated 12.12.2024 passed by the Commissioner of Police,...

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Madras High Court Allows Regularisation of Sweepers in Tamil Nadu Police Department — Directs Payment of Minimum Time Scale and Pensionary Benefits. Appellants engaged as full-time Sweepers for decades entitled to regularisation and consequential benefits under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution....

The judgment pertains to a writ appeal filed by 15 appellants (originally 16 writ petitioners, one deceased) against the order dated 24.10.2018 in W.P.No.4604 of 2013. The appellants were engaged as f...

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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition and Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under Tamil Nadu Act 14/1982 for Lack of Subjective Satisfaction. Mere Involvement in Criminal Cases Insufficient for Preventive Detention as Ordinary Law is Adequate....

The petitioner, Padmanaban, filed a Habeas Corpus Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the detention order dated 06.12.2024 passed by the second respondent (Commissioner...

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Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against Doctor in Corruption Case — No Prima Facie Case for Criminal Conspiracy or Cheating Established. Inspection Team Member's Role in Verifying Medical College Infrastructure Does Not Attract Offences Under IPC or Prevention of Corruption Act Without Evidence of Mens Rea or Pecuniary Advantage....

The petitioner, Dr. R. Balajinathan, was arrayed as A4 in FIR No.1 of 2022 registered by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Chennai, for offences under Sections 120B, ...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Petitions and Rejects Appeals for Failure to Inform Writ Court of Respondent's Death. Omission to bring death of party to court's notice cannot be ground for appeal; remedy lies in review before same court....

The petitioners filed Civil Miscellaneous Petitions under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking to accept cause titles, and Writ Appeals under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent again...

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Madras High Court Directs Municipal Commissioner to Consider Representation on Encroachment and Basic Amenities — Duty of Statutory Authority to Decide Representations Within Stipulated Time. Non-consideration of representation amounts to dereliction of duty; court directs consideration under Article 226 without expressing merits....

The petitioner, A. Kumaresan, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a writ of mandamus to direct the District C...

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Madras High Court Directs Consideration of Premature Release for 87-Year-Old Blind Convict on Medical Grounds — Keeping Him in Jail Serves No Justice. Court Orders Scrutiny of Application Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for Premature Release Based on Medical Condition and Old Age....

The petitioner, P.Pugalenthi, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents to consider his representation dated 12.10.2024 for the premat...

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Madras High Court Allows Writ Petition Seeking Transfer of Complaint Against Advocate for Bogus Law Degree to Bar Council of India. Mandamus Issued Under Section 36B of Advocates Act, 1961 for Failure of State Bar Council to Dispose Complaint Within One Year....

The petitioner, a practicing advocate from Salem, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a mandamus to direct the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (first ...