Can Qualifying Past Service in Non-Provincialised Agencies Be Counted for Pension When Regularisation Occurred Before 01.04.2003? Madras High Court Affirms Applicability of R.Kaliyamoorthy and Ensures Equality in Service Benefits

Madras High Court clarifies that, in line with the Full Bench decision in R.Kaliyamoorthy, service rendered in non-provincialised entities like

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October 30, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can Income from Perks and Allowances Be Included in Compensation Calculations under the Motor Vehicles Act? — Madras High Court Upholds Expanded Interpretation and Adjusts Principles for Loss of Income

Madras High Court clarifies that for loss of income computation in fatal motor accident claims, allowances such as House Rent

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October 30, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does Outsourced Service Count Toward Regularization in Government Employment? Madras High Court Reaffirms Umadevi Precedent

The Madras High Court has dismissed claims for regularization by outsourced employees with less than 10 years’ continuous service, reaffirming

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October 30, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does a High Court’s Dismissal of a Second Appeal for Non-Prosecution Establish Any Legal Precedent or Bind Subordinate Courts Under Section 100 of the CPC?

A High Court’s summary dismissal of a second appeal solely for non-prosecution, without adjudicating any legal question or issue under

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can Co-Sharers Seek Partition of Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties After Long Delay When Ouster Is Not Pleaded or Proved?

The Court clarified that unless ouster is specifically pleaded and proved, the mere passage of time or separate possession does

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does Mere Mention of a Pathway as a Boundary in a Sale Deed Confer Easementary Right by Grant? — Madras High Court Affirms Existing Precedent

The Madras High Court clarifies that the mere reference to a pathway (battai) as a boundary in a sale deed

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can a Second Appeal Under Section 100 CPC Be Disposed Based on a Compromise Memo? — Clarification on Acceptance of Compromise and Procedural Directions by High Courts

The Madras High Court has affirmed that a second appeal can be disposed of when parties enter into a valid

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does Undue Delay (Laches) Bar Challenging Dismissal from Service via Writ Petition After the Employee’s Death? — Reaffirming the Principle of Laches as a Bar in Service Dismissal Challenges

The Madras High Court has reaffirmed that excessive and unexplained delay (laches) bars the maintainability of writ petitions challenging service

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can a Writ Petition Challenge Actions of Religious Bodies Affecting Educational Institution Elections? Madras High Court Reaffirms Amenability to Writ Jurisdiction and Scrutinizes Delegation of Powers

The Madras High Court reaffirmed that bodies running educational institutions, even if religious and unincorporated, are subject to writ jurisdiction

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October 29, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does a Voluntarily Withdrawn Writ Appeal Under Clause XV of the Letters Patent Constitute a Precedent or Dispose of Legal Questions on Merits?

A writ appeal filed before the Madras High Court was dismissed as withdrawn on the basis of a request from

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October 27, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does a Letters Patent Appeal Survive Once Contempt Proceedings Have Been Closed? — Affirmation of the Principle That LPAs Become Infructuous If Underlying Contempt Is No Longer Pending

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court confirmed that Letters Patent Appeals (LPA) challenging orders passed in contempt matters

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October 27, 2025 | Madras High Court