ADVOCATE R. KARUNANIDHI, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

Justice Anand Venkatesh has held that the person caste cannot be changed merely her husband is following Christianity. The victim who belongs to Hindu Arunthathiyar is entitled to get relief amount under SC/ST Rules, 2016. The district collector was directed to pay Rs. 1 lakh and 50 thousand within six weeks. நீதிபதி ஆனந்த் வெங்கடேஷ் ஒரு உத்தரவை பிறப்பித்துள்ளார். கணவர் கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தைப் பின்பற்றுகிறார் என்பதனால் மனைவி சாதியை மாற்ற முடியாது. பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பெண் உயர் சாதி குற்றவாளிகளால் தாக்கப்பட்டு சாதியால் துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்யப்பட்டார். இந்து அருந்ததியர் (Arunthathiyar) சாதி பெண்ணுக்கு நிவாரண தொகையை வழங்க மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர்  தவறிவிட்டார். ஒரு நபரின் சாதி   அவரது கணவர் கிறிஸ்தவ மதத்தைப் பின்பற்றுவதால் மாற்ற முடியாது. பாதிக்கப்பட்டவருக்கு பட்டியல் சாதி மற்றும் பட்டியல் பழங்குடியினர் (அட்டூழியங்களைத் தடுக்கும்) விதிகள், 2016 இன் கீழ் நிவாரணத் தொகையைப் பெற உரிமை உண்டு என்று நீதிபதி கூறினார்.ஆறு வார காலத்திற்குள் ஒரு லட்சம் மற்றும் ஐம்பதாயிரம் ரூபாய் வழங்க அரசாங்கத்தை ....

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/hc-orders-cb-cid-probe-into-boys-death/article26646035.ece 26.03.2019 -- THE HINDU NEWSPAPER The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered a CB-CID inquiry into the custodial torture and resultant death of a boy from Madurai. It is said that the 17-year-old boy was picked up by the S.S. Colony police for inquiry into a jewel theft, kept in illegal custody for three days and subjected to custodial torture.  Justice N. Seshasayee observed that the court was not happy with how the case was handled by the police. Any amount of condemnation was not going to bring the boy alive. Yet, the court could not turn a blind eye in the case, he said while transferring the investigation to CB-CID. The court said that the case would be investigated under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code. The court ordered that the investigation team of the CB-CID shall be led by an officer in the rank of...

Moot Point: Whether School is responsible if a School Student die at School Campus --- Hon'ble Justice G.R. Swaminthan held ---If there is any indiscipline in the institution and if anything amiss occurs, it is the School that is directly responsible. The petitioner's son is a victim of indiscipline of one of the students. Therefore, it is the School that has to pay for the unfortunate event. Since it is a Government School, the Government of Tamil Nadu will have to assume responsibility to pay compensation to the writ petitioner. If there is any indiscipline in the institution and if anything amiss occurs, it is the School that is directly responsible. The petitioner's son is a victim of indiscipline of one of the students. Therefore, it is the School that has to pay for the unfortunate event. Since it is a Government School, the ...

The Father of the Nation fought for prohibition throughout his life. There is no meaning in calling "Mahatma Gandhi" as "Father of our Nation" without following his core principle "Prohibition"." In a judgment delivered on Monday, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has expressed hope that the Tamil Nadu Government would take appropriate measures to bring back prohibition, which was in force from 1937 to 1971 in the State. https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madras-hc-hopes-state-will-bring-back-liquor-prohibition-143514?fbclid=IwAR0yK-1FdITffCBiajv91z7FhXWHwZcYxGV-_NhFlVddY0gUlQ3jpz8NDho The Father of the Nation fought for prohibition throughout his life. There is no meaning in calling "Mahatma Gandhi" as "Father of our Nation" without following his core principle "Prohibition"." In a judgment delivered on Monday, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has expressed hope that the Tamil Nadu ...

  A landmark interpretation in the matter of Issuing  Passport ---given by Hon'ble Justice G.R.Swaminathan . J . Hon'ble Justice G. R. Swaminathan .J held that Pending criminal appeal filed by State after acquittal is not bar to issue Passport in --- WP(MD) 2835 OF 2019 DATED 15.02.2019. Further Held that High Court has jurisdiction to deal the same rather sending to the concerned court.  Para No- 4. I am of the view that the applicant for issuance of a passport should be relegated to move the criminal court in question only if the prosecution is still actively pending. in the present case, admittedly the writ petition has been acquitted. What is pending is only an appeal against acquittal . If the applicant was convicted for an offences and he had filed an appeal questioning his conviction and sentence, then the applicant obiviously go before the concerned court. Since the applicant had been acquitted , I am of the view this court can grant relief ...