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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Petitions After Compliance with Order in Writ Petitions. Court holds that once the order is complied with, contempt proceedings are closed, but liberty is reserved for any further grievance....

The case involves two contempt petitions filed by K.Govindaswamy and K.Adilakshmi (in Cont.P.No.1234 of 2024) and R.Komathy (in Cont.P.No.1237 of 2024) against the respondents, who are public official...

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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Petition After Compliance with Order in W.P.No.1268 of 2015 — No Costs Imposed. The court accepted the respondent's submission of compliance, affirmed by the petitioner, and closed the contempt proceedings without further action....

The contempt petition was filed by G. Paulpandian against J. Radhakrishnan, IAS, Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation, alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 12.02.2015 in W.P.No.1268...

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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Petition After Compliance with Order in W.P.No.1268 of 2015 — No Costs Imposed. The court accepted the respondent's submission of compliance, affirmed by the petitioner, and closed the contempt proceedings without punishment....

The contempt petition was filed by G. Paulpandian against J. Radhakrishnan, IAS, Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation, alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 12.02.2015 in W.P.No.1268...

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High Court Enhances Compensation for Motor Accident Victims with Amputation and Crush Injuries. The court increased the award for the appellant with leg amputation and for the appellant with foot crush injury, considering permanent disability and medical expenses....

The case involves two Civil Miscellaneous Appeals filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against a common judgment and decree dated 19.07.2022 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tri...

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Madras High Court Enhances Compensation for Death of 55-Year-Old Man in Motor Accident, Upholds Negligence of Driver and Vicarious Liability of Owner. Future Prospects at 10% and Multiplier of 11 Applied Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case arises from a motor accident claim petition filed by the legal representatives of the deceased, R. Rajendran, who died in a road accident on 10.09.2017. The deceased, aged 55 years, was a sel...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal for Specific Performance of Sale Agreement — Plaintiff Fails to Prove Readiness and Willingness. Time was not of essence but plaintiff's conduct showed lack of continuous readiness, disentitling him to discretionary relief under Section 16(c) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963....

The appellant/plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of a sale agreement dated 09.03.2006 for 51 cents of land at Rs.25,000 per cent. He paid Rs.4,80,000 as advance. The agreement fixed one y...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Appeals Against Provisional Assessment Order Under Section 126 of Tamil Nadu Electricity Act — Opportunity of Hearing Available Before Final Order. The provisional assessment order is merely a show-cause notice and a writ petition against it is premature as the noticee has an alternative remedy to file objections....

The appellant, M/s. Nova Techset Limited, was a tenant at a premises in Chennai and consumed electricity for industrial purposes. The Assistant Executive Engineer (Operation and Maintenance) issued a ...

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Madras High Court Adjudicates Trademark Opposition Over 'Big Bite' Mark in Class 30. Court Considers Application of Prior User Test and Relevance of Trans-Border Reputation Under Trademarks Act, 1999....

The appeals were filed under Section 91 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 against a common order dated 18.7.2014 by the Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks. The appellant, 7-Eleven International LLC, a US-based...

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Madras High Court Allows Transfer of Investigation in Police Misconduct Case — Sub-Inspector Allegedly Demanded Free Dried Fish and Threatened Shop Owner. Court Directed Transfer of Investigation to Another Superintendent of Police Under Section 528 BNSS, 2023 to Ensure Fair Probe....

The petitioner, M. Kumar, filed a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), seeking transfer of investigation of his complaint dated 29.12.2025 from the 4th re...