Judges
Madras High Court
Justice N.Sathish Kumar
Madras High Court · 2025–2026
17 judgments in the LexStreak library · 17 with headnotes
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Criminal / BNS
6
Property / Land
6
Motor Accidents
5
Civil Procedure / CPC
4
Writ / Public Law
1
2026:MHC:4055
01 Oct 2026
S. Prabhu Shankar v. The Sub Registrar
The Madras High Court set aside a Single Judge's order and quashed a Sub Registrar's refusal to register a settlement deed on a temple's letter of objection, holding that where the temple's…
Property / Land
2026:MHC:3906
15 Sept 2026
R.PRABHU v. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed a conviction for murder by acid attack, holding that unexplained acid injuries on the accused attracted section 106 of the Evidence Act,…
Criminal / BNS
AS.569/1999
27 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 / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3504
25 Aug 2026
P.SARAVANAN v. STATE REP. BY
Allowing an appeal, the Madras High Court held that the prosecution had failed to prove that the prosecutrix was a minor — the school certificate's presumption being rebutted by the…
Criminal / BNS
2026:MHC:3435
18 Aug 2026
MOORTHY v. State by Inspector of Police
Allowing a criminal appeal by seven accused convicted of murder and attempt to murder, the Madras High Court held that a statement recorded after the police had already reached the place of…
Criminal / BNS
2026:MHC:3392
14 Aug 2026
VINAYAGAM v. THE STATE REP. BY
Allowing an appeal against a conviction for murder resting entirely on circumstantial evidence, the Madras High Court held that the prosecution had failed to prove motive, that the conduct…
Criminal / BNS
CMA.1219/2025
12 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:3279
07 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 / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
AS.212/2023
04 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 / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3180
31 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 Accidents
Property / Land
2026:MHC:1703
30 Apr 2026
Muthulakshmi (DIED) v. Murugan @ Murugesan
Appeal suits arising from three connected suits over family property, in which a Gift Settlement Deed was sought to be revoked unilaterally and a Will was relied on. The Court held that a…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:939
24 Feb 2026
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co. Ltd v. K. Dineshkumar
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that where the owner of the offending vehicle remains ex parte and the insurer takes leave under Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988…
Motor Accidents
2026:MHC:665
05 Feb 2026
R.VASANTHA MAGESHWARI v. S.OLIARASU
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court enhanced a motor accident award and dismissed the insurer's cross appeal. The Court held that contributory negligence cannot be inferred but must…
Motor Accidents
2026:MHC:576
05 Feb 2026
THE BRANCH MANAGER v. PRASANNAVATHI
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed an insurer's appeal and partly allowed the claimants' cross objection in a fatal motor accident claim. Holding that the accident was…
Motor Accidents
2025:MHC:2712
27 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:2485
27 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
2025:MHC:1120
30 Apr 2025
THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE v. B.MANOHARAN
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the Union's writ appeals and upheld relocation of the tomb in the Madras Law College campus, holding that the 1921 notification…
Writ / Public Law
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