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Madras High Court Upholds Appeal by Town Panchayat, Sets Aside Single Judge Order Granting Retrospective Regularization to Sanitary Worker; Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishment (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 Held Inapplicable to Employees Governed by Special Service Rules...

The case involved a sanitary worker engaged on daily wage basis in the Ulundurpet Special Grade Town Panchayat from 1 January 1992. He approached the Inspector of Labour under the Tamil Nadu Industria...

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High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Rejection of Compassionate Appointment Claim. Compassionate Appointment Claim Rejected as 30-Year Delay Shows Penury Vanished, and Scheme Must Be Scrupulously Implemented per Constitution....

In this writ appeal, the High Court of Madras considered whether a second application for compassionate appointment filed almost three decades after the death of the government employee could be maint...

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Madras High Court Hears Second Appeal Against Concurrent Findings Dismissing Injunction Suit Based on Compromise Decree. Substantial Questions on Res Judicata and Minor Guardian Not Signing Compromise Raised....

The case involved a second appeal before the High Court of Madras arising out of a suit for permanent injunction filed by the plaintiffs-appellants against the defendant-respondent. The plaintiffs cla...

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Madras High Court Considers Appeal in Motor Accident Case Involving Personal Accident Cover for Borrower of Vehicle. Maintainability of Claim Under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Examined....

The case arose from a motor vehicle accident in which Mr. B. Uma Shankar, while riding a borrowed two-wheeler, fell and sustained fatal injuries after a stray dog darted across the road. His legal hei...

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High Court of Madras Hears Appeal From Trial Court's Preliminary Decree Partitioning Self-Acquired Property into Six Equal Shares. Appellants Contend Oral Partition and Superstructure Construction Entitle Them to Larger Shares....

The dispute arose from a suit for partition and permanent injunction filed by the plaintiffs (respondents) against the defendants (appellants) in respect of a self-acquired property of the deceased fa...

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Madras High Court Partly Allows Writ Petition in Service Matter — Recovery of Excess Pay Set Aside Due to Hardship and Absence of Misrepresentation. Recovery of Rs.39,343 Quashed as Employee Was Class IV, No Fraud, and Excess Payment Was Over Five Years Old; Pay Revision Based on Audit Objection Upheld....

The High Court of Madras considered a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by T. Seshadri, a Dalayat in the subordinate judiciary, challenging a recovery order for excess pay of R...

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Madras High Court Disposes State's Writ Appeal Challenging Writ Order in Favour of Secondary Grade Teacher Due to Non-Passing of Teacher Eligibility Test. Case Remitted for Departmental Reconsideration as Teacher Subsequently Passed TET on 15.11.2025, Satisfying Mandatory Qualification....

The writ appeal was filed by the Director of Elementary Education and other state officials under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, challenging a writ order dated 13.11.2024 passed in W.P. No. 5180 of ...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Appeals Against Denial of Backwages in Industrial Dispute Involving Cooperative Society Employees. The Court Affirmed That No Backwages Are Due When Workmen Fail to Prove They Were Not Gainfully Employed, Applying the 'No Work, No Pay' Principle under Section 2A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

These writ appeals were filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against a common order dated 08.04.2025 by a single judge of the Madras High Court. The appellants were employees of a Primary Agric...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Appeal Against Order Quashing Stamp Duty Demand as Notice Issued Beyond Limitation Period. Sub-Registrar's Demand for Deficit Stamp Duty on Power of Attorney Treated as Conveyance Fails Due to Bar of Three-Year Limitation Under Section 33A of Indian Stamp Act, 1899....

The appeal arose from an order of a learned Single Judge of the Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, allowing a writ petition filed by the respondent challenging a demand for deficit stamp duty on a powe...