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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicMadras High Court

Topic: Madras High Court

Madras HC directs Centre to unblock Ananda Vikatan website after removal of Modi cartoon

Court yet to decide whether cartoon comes under freedom of speech & expression, or affects friendly foreign ties. Judge directs media outlet to temporarily remove cartoon.

SC stands by Madras HC’s rent waiver for TN shopkeepers during 2020 Covid lockdown. What it said

2-judge SC bench also dismisses a set of appeals filed by various municipal bodies of Tamil Nadu that had challenged multiple High Court orders passed in 2022.

Widow who remarries not disqualified from inheriting 1st husband’s property—HC on Hindu Succession Act

Madras HC also says succession of a property opens up only on the death of its absolute owner and not when a settlement for devolving properties is executed.

Why ED is claiming right to provisionally attach properties even without FIR under predicate offence

Challenging a Madras HC judgment that quashed its provisional attachment orders in the Tamil Nadu illegal sand mining case, ED asserts power citing PMLA sections in SC.

‘Can appeal acquittal in predicate offence’. How Madras HC ruling in Lottery King’s case empowers ED

It quashed a lower court order accepting TN police's closure report in a 2012 cheating case against Santiago Martin based on which ED had started its anti-money laundering probe.

What Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation told SC in plea challenging Madras HC decision

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HC judges’ remarks ‘against monastic tradition, sanatana dharma’. What Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation told SC

Isha Foundation approached SC Thursday to challenge Madras HC’s inquiry order into allegations about a petitioner’s daughter being on a fast unto death.

SC restrains Tamil Nadu police from taking any further action against Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Centre

The order followed an urgent hearing by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi for the Isha Foundation, as 150 police officers entered the Ashram to investigate per Madras HC's directions.

‘Order isn’t available!’ Incomplete record of HC proceedings in ex-DGP’s case lands SC in fix

Given on 21 August, the order had quashed money-laundering charges against former Tamil Nadu top cop. SC now faces dilemma—how to restore high court order when nothing is on record.

HC strikes down reservation of TN panchayat post for Dalit women, president-elect vows to continue fight

Indhumathi, who was elected unopposed as Nayakaneri panchayat president in 2021, has waged long battle to take oath, says she is ‘being punished for no mistake of hers’.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.