Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on April 1 held that BJP’s Puducherry unit breached and misused Aadhaar data in its election campaign. Listening to a PIL, the HC confirmed that BJP sent campaign-related messages to only Aadhaar-linked mobile numbers. While the BJP’s Puducherry unit and UIDAI has denied using and lending numbers for political use, the court ordered the Aadhaar regulatory body to answer why the data breach was not avoided.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu Government to create a uniform policy towards elephant ownership owing to their exploitation. Further, the court suggested ensuring all private and temple-owned elephants should come under the Forest Department, meanwhile ban the private ownership of elephants completely. Moreover, listening to the petition of a Srirangam temple devotee against elephant exploitation, the court added that… read-more

Instructing the police to accompany AG Perarivalan during his medical check-ups, the Apex Court on November 23 lengthened his parole by one week. Perarivalan, who is serving a life sentence for Rajiv Gandi's assassination was earlier granted parole by Madras High Court, which was due on November 23. The 46-year-old had been awarded a death sentence which was reduced to life imprisonment in 2018. He has been imprisoned since 1991. 

Actor Rajinikanth was slammed by a Madras High Court judge for wasting the court's time. Justice Anita Sumanth warned Rajinikanth's lawyer over a plea demanding the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) authorities to revoke tax levied on Rajinikanth's property. Reportedly, the actor had urged the GCC to exempt his marriage hall from tax as it was vacant since lockdown. However, the judge asked the petitioner to directly approach the GCC… read-more

Music composer AR Rahman on September 11 has received a notice from the Madras High Court for evading income tax on Rs 3.47 crore for the year 2011-12. The Income Tax department has alleged that Rahman diverted his remuneration of Rs 3.47 crore to his charitable trust instead of his own account. Reportedly, the sum was paid to Rahman for composing ringtones for a UK-based telecom company.