Madras High court

Madras High Court Upholds LGBTQIA+ Rights: Affirms ‘Chosen Families’ Beyond Same-Sex Marriage

05 Jun 2025

The Madras High Court has strongly backed the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals to form “chosen families”. The court stated that marriage is not the only way to find family and belonging. In a recent ruling on May 22, a division bench of Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan made...

Wife Watching Porn, Masturbating Not Valid Reason for Divorce: Madras High Court

20 Mar 2025

Emphasizing that women preserve their sexual independence even after marriage, the Madras High Court has decided a wife&ampamp;'s act of watching pornography and masturbating does not provide cause for divorce. After a man from Tamil Nadu questioned a lower court&'s ruling denying his request for divorce, the judgement was issued....

Madurai Bench Of Madras High Court Demands Response On Agni Theertham Pollution

21 Nov 2024

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday instructed officials to submit a counter affidavit within two weeks in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) addressing pollution concerns at Agni Theertham in Rameswaram. The PIL raises alarm over sewage and contaminated water mixing with the sacred sea,...

Police Raid Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation Amid Habeus Corpus Allegations

01 Oct 2024

On October 1, 2024, a large-scale police raid was conducted at Sadhguru's Isha Foundation ashram in Thondamuthur, Coimbatore, following a Madras High Court directive. The raid, involving 150 officers, was triggered by a habeas corpus petition filed by Dr. S. Kamaraj, a retired professor, who claimed that his two daughters,...

Madras High Court Questions Sadhguru’s Encouragement of Women Choosing Hermit Life

01 Oct 2024

The Madras High Court has raised concerns over spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s encouragement of young women to shave their heads and adopt a monastic lifestyle. The court questioned why Sadhguru, who arranged his own daughter’s marriage, promotes renunciation for others' daughters. Father Alleges Daughters "Brainwashed" by Isha Foundation This...

Acting Chief Justices Appointed for Madhya Pradesh, Madras HC

22 May 2024

The Ministry of Law and Justice, representing the Central Government, officially announced the appointment of Acting Chief Justices for the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Madras High Court. According to the notification issued for Madras High Court, "In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of...

Madras High Court Rejects Bail Plea of Former TN Minister V Senthil Balaji in Money Laundering Case

28 Feb 2024

The Madras High Court rejected the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Wednesday. Balaji, who has been in jail for eight months, had his bail petition dismissed by Justice N Anand Venkatesh of...

Money laundering case: Chennai court extends Senthil Balaji’s judicial custody till Jan 22

11 Jan 2024

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's judicial custody was extended by the Principal District and Sessions Court of Chennai in relation to a money laundering case involving cash for jobs. Balaji has been placed under remand until January 22. On June 14 of last year, he was taken into custody by...

Workers in the Tamil Nadu Transport Union call off their protest in order to speak with the Labour Commissioner

10 Jan 2024

The Tamil Nadu Transport Union, which had been staging daily protests to press for the signing of the 15th wage revision agreement in order to raise wages and fill positions for bus drivers and conductors, decided to end their stand on Wednesday. The Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU), Anna...

Madras HC Pronounces 3-Year Jail Term for TN Minister K Ponmudi

21 Dec 2023

The Madras High Court handed down a three-year simple imprisonment sentence to Tamil Nadu Education Minister K. Ponmudi in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. Justice G Jayachandran, presiding over the case, also levied a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on the minister and his wife. Notably, the judge suspended...

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