The Madras High Court nearly doubled motor accident compensation for a man left bedridden and unresponsive, from Rs 33L to Rs 57.98L, citing inadequate award and criticizing his advocate for not seeking enhancement.
The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court order that barred TVK MLA R Sreenivasa Sethupathi from participating in a floor test, allowing him to vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Madras High Court restrains TVK MLA Srinivasa Sethupathi from participating in floor test due to disputed one-vote win in Tirupattur constituency, potentially impacting state government's survival.
The DMK has challenged a one-vote election loss in Tiruppattur, alleging a postal ballot mix-up between two districts of the same name. The Madras High Court has barred the winning TVK MLA from participating in the assembly floor test until the petition is resolved.
In a major relief to producer Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, the Madras High Court has dismissed a civil suit filed over a Chennai property that was purchased in the name of late actress Sridevi in 1988. The case revolved around a 2.70-acre land parcel in Sholinganallur, Chennai. The plaintiffs had claimed to be the legal heirs of late MC Chandrasekaran and sought partition rights over the property.
The Madras high court has admitted a plea seeking an Income Tax probe into actor-turned-politician Vijay's asset declarations, observing a discrepancy of over Rs 100 crore in his election affidavits. The court issued notices to Vijay, the Director General of Income Tax, the Election Commission of India, and Returning Officers for the Perambur and Tiruchirappalli constituencies. The petition, filed by V Vignesh of Chennai, alleges inconsistencies in affidavits submitted for Trichy (East) and Perambur constituencies, claiming suppression of assets and concealment of material particulars.
