Judges
Madras High Court

Justice B.Pugalendhi

Madras High Court · 2025–2026
9 judgments in the LexStreak library · 10 with headnotes
2026:MHC:339019 Aug 2026
Nambu Kaleeswaran v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Dismissing petitions for suspension of sentence, the Madras High Court traced an apparent contradiction in the medical evidence to an omission in the Wound Certificate, and laid down the…
Criminal / BNS
WP(MD).29546/202423 Jul 2026
G.Premkumar v. The Executive Officer
The Madras High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions by employees of Town Panchayats and Municipalities terminated for securing appointments under the physically disabled priority…
Service / Labour
WP(MD) No. 18560 of 202623 Jul 2026
Sivanupandian v. The District Collector, Tirunelveli District
The Madras High Court recognised the river Tamirabarani as a juristic person — because She is worshipped as a deity — for the limited purpose of a right not to be polluted, banned the…
Constitutional LawProperty / Land
WP(MD)Nos.29546 of 202423 Jul 2026
C.Santhanakumar v. The Executive Officer, Mukkudal Selection Grade Town Panchayat, Tirunelveli
An appointment secured on a fake disability certificate against a post reserved for persons with disabilities is a fraud on the Government, on the disabled and on the other priority…
Criminal / BNSService / LabourConstitutional Law
2026:MHC:203305 Jun 2026
G.Sakthi Rao v. Uma Maheswarai
Closing a contempt petition that had monitored the investigation into fake certificates obtained to claim preferential reservation, the Madras High Court held that prior approval under…
Criminal / BNSService / Labour
2026:MHC:172330 Apr 2026
The Superintending Engineer, TANGEDCO v. The Assistant Commissioner of Labour (batch)
In a common order disposing of a large batch of connected writ petitions, the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) held that the Inspector of Labour / Authority under the Tamil Nadu Industrial…
Service / Labour
CRL OP(MD).10290/202525 Nov 2025
Vallikannu v. The State of Tamilnadu
A learned single Judge of the Madras High Court at Madurai, disposing of a batch of petitions by complainants in property offences whose cases had been closed as undetected, held that an…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2025:MHC:255105 Nov 2025
Abdul Kadar v. The state of Tamilnadu
The Madras High Court held that the police cannot enquire into purely civil disputes, that a 'current paper enquiry' has no statutory recognition, and that summons under Sections 94 or 179…
Criminal / BNS
2025:MHC:189107 Aug 2025
Assistant General Manager v. The Joint Director and Head of Zone
On writ petitions by a public sector bank whose fraud complaints had gone uninvestigated for years, the Madras High Court held that once the State has granted consent under Section 6 of the…
Criminal / BNS
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