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1. Journalist community, protesters to ensure FIR against police officer accused of assaulting woman

the journalist community and protesters are seeking to ensure the registration of an FIR against a police officer who allegedly assaulted a woman. The item is presented as a video attributed to Saurav

2. Chennai police register fifth POCSO case against Gem Granites founder R. Veeramani

Chennai police register fifth POCSO case against Gem Granites founder R. Veeramani

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Greater Chennai Police, which is investigating sexual assault cases against Gem Granites founder R. Veeramani, 84, has registered a fifth case against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on a complaint from a woman in Chennai. In parallel, the legal wing of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) petitioned the Greater Chennai Police and the Special Investigation Team probing the case, seeking an expanded inquiry into the alleged suppression and cover-up of complaints of sexual assault on minor girls, including the roles of former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, former Law Minister S. Regupathy and senior police officers. The petition seeks to ascertain whether the complaint reached Mr. Stalin, who held the Home portfolio, and whether any directions were issued, and questions how Mr. Regupathy came to comment publicly on the quality of video evidence in the case. On August 29, the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Unit of the CCB arrested Veeramani on charges of sexual assault of a minor girl, while his associates Shanthi, 60, and Mahendra Simhan, 63, were arrested for abetting the industrialist. The case originated in October 2025 after a pen drive containing a video of Veeramani sexually assaulting a minor girl at a house belonging to Shanthi was received. Following an order of the special court for POCSO cases, the investigation picked up pace from last August. A fourth accused, Ganesan, who worked for 23 years at Gem Granites, was arrested on September 22 for having an obscene video of Veeramani with a minor girl on his mobile phone and failing to report it to police. A senior officer of the Greater Chennai Police said four cases had already been booked under the POCSO Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for charges including aggravated penetrative sexual assault and abetting a minor girl to commit suicide. In addition, the fifth case was registered based on the woman's complaint alleging sexual assault. The officer said more complaints were coming in and were being duly received, and that after verification the police would register and proceed for further action and investigation. The cases against Veeramani and his associates are being investigated by an SIT led by Additional Commissioner P.C. Thenmozhi. The first case was registered in October 2025 over the alleged sexual assault of a minor in 2019, followed by another POCSO case concerning an alleged sexual assault in 2024. The third case relates to the alleged sexual abuse of a Class 11 student before her suicide in 2004. The fourth case was registered on September 30 involving a minor girl. Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the State's health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416 and Sneha's suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050.

3. Bombay High Court directs Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to act against advocate who flouted court orders

The Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to take stern disciplinary action against an advocate who repeatedly flouted court directions during a cyber fraud hearing in

Bombay High Court directs Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to act against advocate who flouted court orders

The Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to take stern disciplinary action against an advocate who repeatedly flouted court directions during a cyber fraud hearing in the matter of Dhiren Roy v. Cyber Police & Ors. A bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Kamal Khata noted a rising trend among lawyers to willfully disobey court orders and categorically refused to delete the adverse remarks made by the Court against advocate Mandar Lalsare. The bench observed that advocates carry a perception that they can willfully disregard or disobey court orders and get away with it by offering an excuse, or by tendering an unconditional apology either themselves or through a senior counsel, and that courts had until now repeatedly been large hearted and forgiven such acts. It said such leniency over the years had emboldened these advocates to treat court orders casually, wholly undermining the authority of the court, and that it was imperative to arrest this decline and prevent the authority of courts being trampled by unscrupulous litigants and advocates who have scant respect for court proceedings. The controversy arose on September 28 during the hearing of a petition filed by a cyber fraud victim who had lost his entire life savings of ₹1.4 crore. The bench found Lalsare giving evasive answers via video conference while representing Kotak Bank, and specifically summoned him to appear personally in the afternoon session alongside a senior bank official. Lalsare failed to appear in person, instead sending a newly enrolled proxy counsel and a deputy branch manager, and claimed he had another matter at the Aurangabad Bench, an excuse the court found entirely unacceptable. The bench expressed deep displeasure over this casual conduct but reserved the right to initiate criminal contempt under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act. The junior advocate was later pardoned after tendering an unconditional written apology. At the subsequent hearing on September 30, Senior Advocate Girish Kulkarni urged the court to pardon Lalsare and expunge the critical remarks from the official records; the bench firmly rejected this request and directed the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa to take stern action to weed out errant advocates.

4. Madras High Court Chief Justice swears in Justices Lingeswaran and Karthikeyan, working strength rises to 67

Madras High Court Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari administered the oath of office to Justices D. Lingeswaran and B. Karthikeyan on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Both had been elevated as judg

5. Madras High Court sets aside order to take back 7.44 acres from Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust

The first Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday (October 15, 2026) set aside an order passed by a single judge on November 12, 2025 directing the Tamil Nadu government to take back 7.44

Madras High Court sets aside order to take back 7.44 acres from Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust

The first Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday (October 15, 2026) set aside an order passed by a single judge on November 12, 2025 directing the Tamil Nadu government to take back 7.44 acres of land at Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai from Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan held that a single judge could not issue such a direction in a writ petition filed by a personally aggrieved party and that it could have been issued only by a Division Bench in a public interest litigation petition. Allowing a writ appeal filed by the trust, the Division Bench also set aside other directions issued by the single judge who had quashed a Government Order issued on June 12, 1998 permitting Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) to sell the land to the trust and the fixation of sale price at ₹6.01 lakh per ground in 2007. In his 2025 order, Justice M. Dhandapani had also set aside the sale deeds executed by TNHB in favour of the trust on July 14, 2014 and directed the Housing Board to repay the sale consideration of ₹33.46 crore to the trust along with simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum so that the land could be put to better public purpose. Setting aside all those directions, the Bench held they could not have been issued in a 2022 writ petition filed by R. Parameswari of Chennai who had staked a claim over just 10,254 square feet of the land by contending her family members had alienated the property when she was just 15 years old in 1981. After holding that the single judge had rightly rejected the writ petitioner’s plea for reconveyance of her share out of the much larger extent of 96.92 acres acquired by the State government in the 1980s for the Besant Nagar Phase II scheme, the Chief Justice’s Bench said he should not have passed further directions. The Bench also disapproved of the single judge’s observations that the 7.44 acres of land, which the government exempted from the acquisition proceedings at the request of the trust and directed the TNHB to sell it to the trust, might have fetched a much better price for the public exchequer if the property had been auctioned. The Bench concluded that whether the government could have put this land up for auction or whether a different use would have served the public better fell within the realm of policy decision, after concurring with the submissions of appellant’s counsel Muthucharan Sundresh.

1. B. Anasuyamma (Died) per L.R. and Ors. vs. B. Madhusudhan Reddy (Died) per L.Rs. and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1175/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a dispute originating from a 1959 family settlement involving B. Anasuyamma and others against B. Madhusudhan Reddy and others, concerning the rightful ownership a

2. Sanjay Prasad vs. Madhusudan Dwivedi and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1174/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether an intra-court appeal is maintainable against an order passed by a Single Judge in contempt proceedings, specifically when the order addresses the merits o

3. The Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax, CGST Division vs. Sreenivasa Rao Ravinuthala and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1173/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether the appeal filed by The Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax against Sreenivasa Rao Ravinuthala and others was barred by limitation under the

4. Alladin Charities and Zakat Wakf vs. Mohammed Saleem and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1172/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed a dispute between Alladin Charities and Zakat Wakf and Mohammed Saleem regarding the execution of a decree for specific performance of a property sale agreement. T

5. Mohd. Asad Choudhary vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. (14.10.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1171/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of Mohd. Asad Choudhary's academic credential verification by Manav Bharti University, which was necessary for his employment confirmation as a Sub-Inspe

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