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Taking note of the submissions of the district magistrate as well as the deputy commissioner of police that they “acted on their own” and “not under dictation”, the Madras High Court scheduled the matter for February 2.

Show cause or face contempt, Madras High Court warns officials over Deepam row

January 10, 2026 10:25 am

Karthigai deepam row: Justice G R Swaminathan was hearing a contempt petition alleging non-compliance of its order dated December 1 and said that the deputy commissioner of police obstructed the implementation of the order of the court.

Taking into account space availability and public need, the Madras High Court capped the total number of shops at 300, with 100 shops each for eatables, toys, and fancy goods or souvenirs.

Beach not shopping mall or bazaar, Madras High Court caps shops at Marina beach to 300, orders hawker-free zones

January 09, 2026 6:38 pm

The court was hearing a plea seeking allotment and relocation of a shop at the beach when it directed that only three categories of items, eatables, toys and related goods, should be sold there.

The Madras High Court said that merely furnishing the links and photographs will not be sufficient for the court to prima facie come to the conclusion that there is a violation of personality rights of a chef.

Why Madras High Court quoted renowned poet Thiruvalluvar to deny gag order in personality rights case

January 09, 2026 4:12 pm

Thiruvalluvar quote case: Justice N Senthilkumar refused to restrain a woman and others from publishing or circulating posts, interviews, photographs and videos relating to her relationship with a chef.

The Madras High Court directed the police to seize copies of the publication and asked the authorities to ensure that such scandalous publications do not take place.

Madras High Court halts ‘abusive’ book on Justice GR Swaminathan, initiates contempt against publisher

January 07, 2026 10:58 pm

Madras High Court contempt: A bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Arul Murugan was hearing an urgent plea challenging the publication of a book that allegedly makes personal attacks on Justice G R Swaminathan.

Narrowing scope of dispute at Thirupparankundram, Madras High Court upholds lighting of Karthigai Deepam

January 06, 2026 1:04 pm

Thiruparankundram Lamp Lighting Row: “Lighting of the Karthigai Deepam is an essential religious practice of the temple,” the Bench said, adding that “the state has no authority to interdict such practice by invoking prohibitory orders”

The beauty of democracy lies in constitutional freedom and when state machinery stifles it through litigation, people lose faith in democracy, said the Madras High Court.

Madras High Court slams ‘draconian’ detention laws, grants interim bail to journalist, says detention illegal

January 03, 2026 10:42 am

Madras High Court Detention Law: Justices S M Subramaniam and P Dhanabal were hearing a habaes corpus petition of wife of a YouTube investigative journalist who had been detained under the Tamil Nadu preventive detention law.

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Madras HC raps Tamil Nadu over ‘mechanical’ use of preventive detention law

January 03, 2026 6:05 am

Grants bail to YouTuber Varaaki who was detained as ‘sexual offender’

Finding no infirmity in the single judge’s order, the Madras High Court dismissed the writ appeal and declined to entertain the challenge.

Temple honours not an absolute right, deity has first claim: Madras High Court

January 02, 2026 11:30 am

Justices S M Subramaniam and C Kumarappan were hearing a plea related to the dispute over Pancha Mudhirai Mariyadhai (special honours) at Kanchipuram’s Sri Devaraja Swamy Temple, rooted in ritualistic precedence.

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Madras High Court allows stupa for 1755 war heroes: 'If Stan Swamy can have memorial, why not them?'

January 02, 2026 10:31 am

Stan Swamy memorial ruling: Justice G R Swaminathan was hearing a plea filed by a practising lawyer seeking permission to install a memorial stupa commemorating the Natham Kanavai battle.

The Madras High Court allowed the residents of a village in Karur district in the state to organise sporting events and an “Aadalum Paadalum” cultural programme on January 1, 2026.

No ‘obscene acts’: Madras High Court rider for Karur New Year cultural festivities

December 31, 2025 12:57 pm

The petitioner, Shanmugapandiyan, who hails from Gandhi Gramam North, Pasupathipalayam in Karur district, moved the Madras High Court to direct the police authorities to grant permission to conduct the event on New Year’s Day.