Madras High Court Monthly Digest - November 2024

CITATION: 2024 LiveLaw 415 to 2024 LiveLaw 464 NOMINAL INDEX M.Palanisamy v The Director of Town Panchayats, 2024 LiveLaw 415 Aunestraja v The State and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 416 B Vidyasagar v The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 417 M/s Jaiswal Products v State of Tamil Nadu, 2024 LiveLaw 418 The Union of India v The Registrar, CAT, 2024 LiveLaw 419 M/S. Manufacturer Of Banned Tobacco Product Which Is 'Food' Can Be Prosecuted Under Food Safety And Standards Act: Madras High Court Case Title: M/s Jaiswal Products v State of Tamil Nadu Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 418 The Madras High Court recently upheld the power of the Food Safety Officer to proceed with investigation for sale of banned tobacco products observing that tobacco, with or without any additive was a food product under Section 3 of the Food Safety and Standards Act. Can't Expect Media To Verify If Each Case Title: M Mangaiyarkarasi v Union of India and Others Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 430 Dismissing a public interest litigation petition seeking to prohibit television channels, newspapers, magazines, and radio channels from telecasting The bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed that if the NIA Act | High Courts Cannot Expand Scope Of Interpretation, Condone Delay Beyond Permissible Limit: Madras High Court Case Title: Union of India v Abdul Razak and Others Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 431 The Madras High Court recently held that the High Court was not empowered to condone the delay in filing an appeal under the National Investigating Agency Act 2008 beyond the permissible limit. However, in the case of dissolution, the entity wholly ceases to exist.” Hindu Succession Act |2005 Amendment Giving Equal Rights To Daughter Resulted In Reducing Shares Of Mother & Widow: Madras High Court Case Title: Vasumathi and Another v R Vasudevan and Others Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 439 While discussing the 2005 amendments to the Hindu Succession Act, Justice N Seshasayee of the Madras High Court observed that while the amendment ensured that daughter's got a share in the ancestral property, it also took away the quantum of property that would otherwise vest with the widow and the mother of a deceased. The court added that in most of these cases, the offenders took advantage of their dominating position and sexually abused the children under threat or coercion “How Can A Funeral Procession Be Called Public Nuisance?”: Madras HC Dismisses Caste Association's Plea With Costs, Calls It Inhuman Case Title: Kammavar Samuga Nala Sangam v. The District Collector Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 463 The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by Kammavar Samuga Nala Sangam seeking directions to the authorities to not allow private persons to conduct funeral procession march through their residential streets and not to create public nuisance.