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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Petition After Compliance of Order in Refund Dispute. Disobedience Allegation Fails as Respondent Complies with Directions Under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971....

The Contempt Petition was filed by A.Kamal Sahib under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 21.10.2024 passed by the High Court in W.P.No.21...

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High Court of Judicature at Madras Hears Appeal Suit Challenging Partition Decree. Trial Court Ordered Partition of Suit Properties into 25 Equal Shares with 19/25 Share to Plaintiffs....

The appeal arises from the decree of the Additional District Judge, Chengalpattu, in O.S.No.243 of 2005, whereby the trial court ordered partition of the suit properties into 25 equal shares and allot...

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Madras High Court Finds Claim for Pay Commission Arrears by Retired AG&OT Estate Clerk Untenable as Petitioner Not a Government Servant. Temporary Appointment on Consolidated Pay Does Not Attract Government Pay Commission Benefits Absent Specific Extension of Such Benefits....

The petitioner was appointed as Estate Clerk on a temporary basis on consolidated pay by the Administrator General and Official Trustee of Tamil Nadu (AG&OT) in 1989. He retired on 31.05.2018. His dut...

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Madras High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit Due to Failure to Prove Will by Examining Attesting Witness. Concurrent Findings Set Aside as Will Not Proved Under Sections 68 and 69 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

The first plaintiff in a partition suit filed O.S. No.121 of 2010 before the Principal Sub Judge, Nagercoil, seeking partition and separate possession of four items of properties. The suit was decreed...

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Madras High Court Division Bench Allows Appeal by Cooperative Society, Upholds Jurisdictional Bar Under Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 in Subsistence Allowance Claim. Application under Tamil Nadu Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1981 Not Maintainable for Employee of Cooperative Society as Special Act Prevails Over General Act....

The dispute arose from a claim for subsistence allowance by an employee of a cooperative society who was placed under suspension pending criminal, disciplinary, and surcharge proceedings for financial...

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High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Restoration of GPF Account; Holds Old Pension Scheme Not Applicable to Employees Regularized After Cut-off Date of 01.04.2003. Proviso to Rule 2 of Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 Excludes Government Servants Appointed on or After 01.04.2003 from Old Pension Scheme, Irrespective of Prior Temporary Service....

The dispute arose from the rejection of a government employee’s request to restore his General Provident Fund (GPF) account and avail benefits under the Old Pension Scheme. The petitioner, initially...

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High Court of Judicature at Madras Sets Aside Writ Order and Upholds Compulsory Retirement of Corporation Employee for Prolonged Unauthorised Absence. Punishment of Compulsory Retirement Not Disproportionate When Domestic Enquiry Complied with Natural Justice and Absence Was Intentional....

The writ appeal arose from a dispute concerning an employee of the Chennai Corporation who was absent without authorization for an extended period. The employee was initially appointed in 1993 and lat...

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Madras High Court Allows State's Writ Appeal in Vocational Instructors Pay Dispute, Sets Aside Single Judge's Order. Issue of Pay Parity for Vocational Instructors Covered by Full Bench Decision, SLP Against Which Dismissed by Supreme Court....

This intra-court writ appeal arose from a service dispute concerning the pay scales and parity claims of vocational instructors employed in government schools in Tamil Nadu. The respondents in the app...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Bail Petition in NDPS Act Case on Grounds of Joint Possession and Commercial Quantity. Oral Compliance with Section 50 of NDPS Act through Translator Held Sufficient Despite Written Notice in Language Not Understood by Accused....

The matter involved a bail petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by Soyal Rana, who was arrested on 20.09.2025 for offences under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(C)...