Judges
Madras High Court

Justice M.Jothiraman

Madras High Court · 2024–2026
15 judgments in the LexStreak library · 15 with headnotes
CMA.3505/202108 Sept 2026
HDFC ERGO GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD v. P.ANILKUMAR
The Madras High Court held that in a third-party claim the insurer must pay the compensation first and recover it from the owner even where a fundamental breach of policy conditions is…
Motor Accidents
AS.569/199927 Aug 2026
A.Roopanandan v. Arulmigu Alavandar Charities
The Madras High Court dismissed appeals against a common decree declaring the title of a public charity to lands at Pattipulam, holding that a suit by the Executive Officer of the…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
CMA.1978/202613 Aug 2026
R.Raveendar Kumar Singh v. C. Marimuthu
The Madras High Court, on a claimant's appeal against a motor accident award, reduced the contributory negligence fixed on the injured motorcyclist from 50% to 30% and raised his…
Motor Accidents
CMA.1219/202512 Aug 2026
SAVITHA BARARIA v. KALAIRAJ.V
In cross appeals against a motor accident award, the Madras High Court held that where the deceased was an Income Tax Assessee the annual income must be taken as the average gross income of…
Motor Accidents
2026:MHC:327907 Aug 2026
David Arul v. Michael Arul
The Madras High Court held that a registered settlement deed which vests the property in the settlee immediately, reserving only a life interest and postponing possession, is a settlement…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
AS.212/202304 Aug 2026
K. Chenrayan v. K. Raja
The Madras High Court dismissed a first appeal in a suit for declaration of title, holding that title under an unregistered sale deed and title by adverse possession cannot be pleaded…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:318031 Jul 2026
Mrs.L.Raniammal (died) v. K.C.Saradambal (died)
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a first appeal in a partition suit, holding that properties standing in the name of the sons and the assets of a private limited company…
Motor AccidentsProperty / Land
2025:MHC:271227 Nov 2025
THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE v. SATHISH
The Madras High Court confirmed a conviction for murder but commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment without remission for twenty years, holding that the possibility of reformation…
Criminal / BNS
2025:MHC:248527 Oct 2025
RAMACHANDAR @ RAMACHANDRAN v. IOP SANKARI PS SALEM
The Madras High Court set aside the conviction of five accused for murder and acquitted them, holding that the chain of circumstances was incomplete, the extra judicial confession suffered…
Criminal / BNS
AS.47/202123 Sept 2025
R.Ramiah 3rd v. S.RAJA MOHAMED
The Madras High Court refused specific performance of an agreement to sell an allotted shop but decreed refund of the entire sale consideration, holding the vendor estopped from denying the…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
AS.501/201921 Aug 2025
MRS. PUGAZHENTHI v. VANITHA
The Madras High Court confirmed a partition decree refusing any share to a second wife whose marriage was solemnized while the first wife was alive, holding that no presumption of marriage…
Family / MatrimonialProperty / Land
WP.33446/202418 Aug 2025
THE SECRETARY v. Ex MCEAA II Amit Dhull
The Madras High Court quashed an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal that had converted a naval Court Martial's punishment of dismissal into discharge with pensionary benefits, holding that…
Service / Labour
WA.1601/202514 Aug 2025
Minor Raseetha Raseesa. M v. The State of Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court quashed the cancellation of a NEET candidate's MBBS candidature under the NRI quota, holding that a candidate who had no knowledge of or complicity in a defective…
Writ / Public Law
2025:MHC:41017 Feb 2025
Suo Motu PIL v. Union of India
In a suo motu PIL on illegal beach sand mining in three southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court upheld the Bedi, Sahoo, reassessment and Amicus Curiae reports, held that…
Property / Land
2024:MHC:409111 Dec 2024
The Director General, Employees State Insurance Corporation v. Dr.K.Monicka
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court set aside a Central Administrative Tribunal order that had re-adjudicated the transfers of ESIC medical college doctors, holding that…
Service / Labour
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