Judges
Madras High Court
Justice R.Sakthivel
Madras High Court · 2024–2026
112 judgments in the LexStreak library · 112 with headnotes
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Property / Land
71
Civil Procedure / CPC
70
Service / Labour
18
Motor Accidents
7
Taxation
7
Constitutional Law
5
Family / Matrimonial
4
Writ / Public Law
3
Arbitration
1
Company Law
1
Criminal / BNS
1
IP / Trademarks
1
2026:MHC:4075
29 Sept 2026
The Commissioner of Land Administration v. M/s.IIFL Facilities Services Limited
The Madras High Court dismissed the State's writ appeals and upheld the quashing of an order resuming 31.10 acres at Tallakulam, Madurai assigned in 1912, holding that after the repeal of…
Property / Land
Constitutional Law
2026:MHC:4001
29 Sept 2026
The Secretary v. S. Menaka
The Madras High Court dismissed the State's writ appeals and upheld the direction to promote a Deputy Tahsildar as Tahsildar, holding that maternity leave cannot be cited against a woman…
Service / Labour
2026:MHC:3999
29 Sept 2026
R.Sivakami v. The Principal Secretary to Government
The Madras High Court set aside the de-promotion of an Assistant Executive Engineer to Assistant Engineer because the order was non-speaking and passed without hearing her, while accepting…
Service / Labour
2026:MHC:3941
25 Sept 2026
The District Manager v. The Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement)
The Madras High Court dismissed writ appeals by TASMAC and upheld the grant of permanent status to its salesmen, holding that a letter of the Principal Secretary was no notification of…
Service / Labour
2026:MHC:3870
21 Sept 2026
R.DURAI (Died) v. S.UMAPATHY
A second appeal dismissed, holding that a person who failed to prove his tenancy was an unlawful occupant who could not obtain a permanent injunction against the true owner, whose title by…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3857
18 Sept 2026
BALAKRISHNAN v. JAYACHANDRAN
A second appeal holding that an unstamped and unregistered Koor Chit which merely recorded an earlier oral partition was admissible, that the property allotted to the father under it became…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3855
18 Sept 2026
VEERAMUTHU NAICKER v. RANGARAJU NAIDU(DECSD.,)
A second appeal holding that a Hindu widow whose alienations had been declared invalid retained the legal right to possess and was therefore 'possessed' of the property under s.14(1) of the…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3807
16 Sept 2026
Natarajan v. Lakshmi
The Madras High Court partly allowed second appeals arising from a suit for bare injunction and a suit to set aside an earlier decree, holding that property purchased with the proceeds of…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3766
11 Sept 2026
ARUMUGAM v. BHUVANESWARI
Answering the substantial question of law, the Madras High Court held that a panchayat partition agreement which merely records a family arrangement and contemplates a later registered deed…
Taxation
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3765
11 Sept 2026
RAMASWAMI MUDALIAR (DECEASED) v. ARUNACHALA UDAYAR - DIED
The Madras High Court restored a decree for declaration and possession, holding that a brother with an interest in joint family property who attested his brother's sale deed reciting a…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3761
11 Sept 2026
Management of Tractor and Fa v. M.Saravanan
The Madras High Court, in 135 writ appeals, held that where the labour contract between a tractor manufacturer and its contractors was genuine and no s.10(1) prohibition notification…
Service / Labour
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3701
08 Sept 2026
GANGA v. KALAISELVI(DIED)
Allowing a second appeal, the Madras High Court held that a life estate created by a Will and not intended for the widow's maintenance falls under Section 14(2) and not Section 14(1) of the…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3660
08 Sept 2026
Mohanraj v. The Commissioner
On a public interest litigation the Madras High Court held that the prohibited distance of a liquor outlet from a highway is the aerial distance and not the road distance, that the Supreme…
Writ / Public Law
2026:MHC:3632
07 Sept 2026
N.Nattathy v. Tender Inviting Authority / The Managing Director
The Madras High Court dismissed writ appeals against the rejection of a bidder's tenders at the technical stage, holding that eligibility criteria in a tender are mandatory and cannot be…
Writ / Public Law
2026:MHC:3597
01 Sept 2026
RAJESWARI v. SAMPOORNAM
Second appeal in a suit for declaration of title, where the plaintiffs' vendors had earlier suffered an ex-parte decree for specific performance that was later rescinded under Section 28 of…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3527
28 Aug 2026
RAMAR UDAYAR v. Subburaya Udayar (Died)
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal in a suit for declaration and recovery of possession, holding that revenue records alone confer no title, that a plaintiff claiming…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3475
25 Aug 2026
P.Rengaswamy v. P.Perumal (Died)
The Madras High Court held that the discretionary presumption under Section 90 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is available to an original Will thirty years old or more produced from…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3530
24 Aug 2026
R.Uma Maheshwari Pradheep v. The Director
The Madras High Court dismissed three writ petitions seeking transfer to the CBI of the CB-CID investigation into the sale of temple-endowed property at Palani, holding that transfer is an…
Criminal / BNS
2026:MHC:3383
18 Aug 2026
S.Srinivasan Menon v. The Govt. of Tamil nadu
The Madras High Court dismissed a public interest litigation seeking cancellation of the linguistic minority status of an aided college, holding that minority status under Article 30 is…
Constitutional Law
2026:MHC:3283
07 Aug 2026
Usilampatti Khatriya Kula Hindu Nattathi Nadarkal Uravinmuraikku Pathiyamana Nadar Saraswathy Higher Secondary School and Primary School Paribalana Sabai v. P. Manoharan
The Madras High Court held that a plaintiff must prove his case by credible evidence even where the defendant leads none, so a declaration that an institution is a religious denomination…
Service / Labour
2026:MHC:3149
29 Jul 2026
S.Pichaimuthu v. The Divisional Engineer (Highways)
The Madras High Court declined to quash notices issued under Section 28(2) of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, observing that the representations relied on were dated after the writ…
Writ / Public Law
2026:MHC:3144
28 Jul 2026
S.Vinayagam v. E.Nagendiran
The Madras High Court dismissed a second appeal in a suit for permanent injunction, holding that a compromise decree declaring a pre-existing right over property that was the subject-matter…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3141
28 Jul 2026
V.Govindasamy v. S.Natarajan
The Madras High Court allowed in part a first appeal against a decree of specific performance, holding that Sections 91 and 92 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 did not bar the first…
Property / Land
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026:MHC:3151
27 Jul 2026
The Sub Registrar v. M. Noor Mohamed
The Madras High Court held that a registered power of attorney cannot be charged with stamp duty as a conveyance, and that a notice under Section 33A of the Stamp Act, 1899 issued more than…
Taxation
Property / Land
2026:MHC:3139
27 Jul 2026
Theeran Thirumurugan @ Thirumurugan v. The Chief Secretary
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court at Madurai allowed three public interest writ petitions and struck down Government Orders granting public employment to 32 family members of those…
Service / Labour
Constitutional Law
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