ADVOCATE R. KARUNANIDHI, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

Allegations Of Illegal Detention By Police Officers: Madras High Court Directs To Preserve CCTV Footage The Madras High Court recently directed the Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent Of Police and Inspector of Police of Sankarankovil Town Police Station, Tenkasi District and Inspector of Police, Rajapalam Police Station, Viruthunagar District to preserve the CCTV footages recorded on the 6th and 7th April in connection with an allegation of illegal detention against certain police officials. Also Read - Refusal To Take Up Responsibility For Child's Treatment Does Not Amount To Cruelty Under Section 498-A IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice V. Sivagnanam of the Madurai Bench observed as under: Considering the importance of the CCTV footage to adjudicate the issue involved in this case, the respondents 1 to 4 are directed to preserve the CCTV footages recorded on 06.04.2022 and 07.04.2022 at Venkateswara Clinic and Selvam Tea Stall, Kumaran Sweets Store, Anan...

Death Due To Custodial Torture: State Government To Pay 5 Lakhs To Family Of Minor Victim In Four Weeks In a writ petition seeking adequate compensation and a government job for the family of a 17-year-old boy who allegedly succumbed to death from custodial torture, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has taken note of the letter from the Government Secretary, approving Rs five lakhs compensation. Relying on the 2015 government order sanctioning financial assistance to the victims of custodial torture, the letter produced before the court states that the legal heir of the deceased will be eligible for Rs 5 Lakhs as compensation. The letter dated 13th December, 2021 also states that depending upon the receipt of the CB-CID final report and the result of the trial in Madurai Judicial Magistrate, payment of additional compensation for the victim will be considered. Also Read - Refusal To Take Up Responsibility For Child's Treatment Does Not Amount To Cruelty Under Section 498-A ...

Madras High Court Grants Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed In 2014 https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madras-high-court-compensation-to-victim-under-sc-st-amendment-act-2016-196612 Upasana Sajeev 14 Apr 2022 10:00 AM Beneficial Legislation must be interpreted in Purposive Manner: Madras High Court Allows Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed in 2014 Beneficial legislation must be interpreted in a purposive manner, the Court said. The Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a victim belonging to Scheduled Caste Community claiming compensation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016, for an offence committed against her in the year 2014. While passing orders Justice G. Ilangovan observed that as per the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preven...

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXERCISING JUDICIAL POWERS BY THE REVENUE OFFICIALS AND POLICE OFFICIALS - R. KARUNANIDHI, Advocate Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court Published in CTC Journal on 22 Dec 2022 https://www.ctclibrary.com/blogpage/?id=MTI1NDA1 INTRODUCTION My endeavor in this article is to discuss the contemporary events in the exercising of judicial powers by the Revenue Officials and Police Officials in terms of their powers given under the Criminal Procedure Code with the purpose of maintaining law and order and preventing the crimes. Article 50 of the India Constitution insists that the State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State. Recently, a person was sentenced to imprisonment by a Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub Divisional Executive Magistrate, for conducting an indoor meeti...

          Hon'ble Mr. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy               - A Compassionate Judge My heartfelt salutations to the judge who felt the pain of a little girl suffering from pity and grief as his own pain       கருணை, கரிசணை, பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு சிறுமியின் வலியை தன் வலி போல் உணர்ந்த அந்த நீதிபதியின் உணர்வுக்கு என் நெஞ்சார்ந்த வணக்கங்கள். மூன்று வயதுக்குழந்தை தன் தாயுடன் சமயபுரம் மாரியம்மன் கோவிலுக்குள் சென்று கடவுளை வணங்கிவிட்டு வெளியே வரும்போது சற்றே பிளிறுண்ட யானையைப் பார்த்த மக்கள் கூட்டம் அங்கும் இங்கும் சிதறிய நேரத்தில், தாயின் கையில் இருந்த அந்த சிறுமியின் தொண்டைப் பகுதியை தும்பிக்கையால் யானை தாக்கியது என்பதுதான் மனுதாhரின் வழக்கு. அச்சிறுமியின் குரல்வலை முழுவதுமாக சிதைந்ததை தொடர்ந்து அச்சிறுமி இப்போதுவரை மூச்சுக்காற்றை செயற்கை உபகரணம் வழியே சுவாசிக்கிறார், பேசும் ஆற்றலை இழந்தார் மற்றும் உணவைக் கூழாக்கி உண்கிறார். நினைத்துப்பார்த்தாலே நமக்கு தலைச்சுற்றும் ஆனால் ...

  The Information was obtained by a lawyer based in Madurai under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Hindu: Madurai: Wednesday, April 29, 2015.   Information obtained by a lawyer based in Madurai under the Right to Information Act, 2005 has revealed how Lok Adalats are turning out to be more of an exercise aimed at projecting fancy figures of disposal instead of being an effective alternative mechanism to redress grievances.   The information obtained by R. Karunanidhi from the Additional Superintendent-cum-Public Information Officer of the Central Prison in Salem states that 416 prisoners involved in petty cases were released on payment of fine during a Lok Adalat conducted in the prison on September 7.   However, answering a series of pointed questions posed by the lawyer, the PIO said that of those who were released, 283 were arrested and lodged in the prison on September 6, a day before the Lok Adalat, and 109 were arrested, lodged an...