Chennai, April 15 (IANS) In a significant development ahead of the Assembly elections, the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Income Tax Department to conduct a preliminary probe into alleged discrepancies in the asset declarations of Udhayanidhi Stalin and submit a report within a tight deadline. A First Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan instructed the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) to place a report before …
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Madurai, April 6 (IANS) In a landmark judgment that has reignited national debate on custodial violence, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel convicted in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case. The case pertains to the deaths of trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J. Benicks (31), who died following alleged brutal torture in police custody. The court had, on March 23, 2026, found all nine accused guilty bu…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that mere use of abusive language such as the word “bastard” during a heated altercation would not amount to an offence of obscenity under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra made the observation while partly allowing appeals filed by two accused persons challenging their conviction in a 2014 case arising out of a long-standing boundary dispute between close relatives in…
Chennai, April 6 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday quashed criminal prosecution initiated by the Income Tax Department against filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon in connection with the alleged non‑filing of income tax returns by a Chennai‑based production company. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed the quash petition filed by Menon, which had been pending since 2023. The court, however, clarified that the relief was granted solely to the petitioner and that the prosecution against the r…
Chennai, April 4 (IANS) In a rare and dramatic form of electoral protest, farmers and residents in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district have announced plans to field nearly 400 candidates in the Tiruppur South Assembly constituency. The move is aimed at pressuring the government to address their long-pending demand to declare Mudalipalayam and Nallur as “contaminated zones” due to prolonged waste dumping. The protest stems from years of garbage disposal practices in the region. Tiruppur Corporation, w…
Coimbatore, March 28 (IANS) A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court sentenced six convicts in the Coimbatore overseas job scam to varying jail terms ranging from l4 years to four years, along with fines, an official said on Saturday. The Chief Judicial Magistrate at Coimbatore, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five private persons — Pulliyil Cheriyan (Managing Director of the firm), Francis Arun, Asha Sharlet and Santosh William, to rigorous imprisonment for 14 years with a to…
Chennai, March 25 (IANS) The Madras High Court has granted liberty to the Greater Chennai City Police (GCCP) to arrest YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar, if his custody is required in connection with an extortion case, while refusing to extend the interim bail earlier granted to him on medical grounds. A Division Bench comprising Justices P. Velmurugan and M. Jothiraman declined to prolong the three-month interim bail that had been granted on December 27, 2025, by a vacation Ben…
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by film-maker Gautham Vasudev Menon and his production house Photon Factory, affirming a prior order directing them to pay ₹4.25 crore along with 12 per cent annual interest to R.S. Infotainment.The ruling marks the culmination of a long-standing dispute between the two production entities over an uncompleted film project dating back to 2008.A Division Bench comprising Justices P. Velmurugan and K. Govindarajan …
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha member R. Girirajan has filed nine separate writ petitions in the Madras High Court, seeking a directive to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to initiate money laundering investigations against several senior leaders of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The petitions urge the court to direct the ED to register Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)…
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that it has initiated an independent investigation into allegations of income suppression, misrepresentation, and unlawful enrichment against Ramanathapuram Member of Parliament K. Navas Kani of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). Appearing before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, Additional Solicitor General A.R.L. Sundaresan, …