Madras HC

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved to the Supreme Court, challenging Madras High Court (HC) orders in the V Senthil Balaji case. Notably, the Madras HC approved the plea of Senthil, demanding to shift in a private hospital from a state-run hospital. However, the ED opposed the orders, saying Senthil is an influential minister and could manage to tamper evidence and witnesses. The SC listed the matter to June 21.

Advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri was sworn in as the Madras High Court judge, amid a petition filed against her, on February 7.  While she was taking the oath as the HC judge, the Supreme Court, reviewed the petitions and dismissed it saying, "On eligibility, there could be a challenge. But suitability... The courts should not get into suitability, otherwise, the whole process will become haywire." 

In the case of Kallakurichi student death, the Supreme Court of India refused to entertain the victim's father's plea to conduct a third post-mortem with the presence of a medical practitioner of petitioner's choice. Meanwhile, protests broke out in Kallakurichi, where buses were set ablaze and school property was vandalised. A class 12 student allegedly died by way of suicide, accusing two teachers in a suicide note.

A PIL has been filed in the Madras HC seeking to stop the transfer of 1,000 crocodiles from Madras Crocodile Park to Greens Zoological, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Gujarat. The petitioner A Viswanathan, stated that the said facility in Gujarat has a 7,300 square meter area, which can only accomodate 56 crocodiles. He further sought the court to order a CBI probe into the irregularities in granting such permissions.

In a bizarre incident in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur government hospital, a 14-day-old baby girl's left thumb was cut off while removing the paediatric cannula on June 8. Citing the negligence, the Madras High Court has ordered the govt to provide an interim compensation of Rs 75,000 to the parents. However, the Judge also directed the govt to undertake the surgery in order to avoid any permanent loss.