#Madras High Court

The Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi

The file is closed; the question is not: what the Vijayabaskar case says about power and justice

The court has closed the ₹4-crore fraud plea against TVK's C. Vijayabaskar. The legal fact must be respected — but the political question of how corruption cases against the powerful are handled will not close with the file.

2 October 2026 · 2 min read

The red-brick Madras High Court building in Chennai

Politics

No prima facie case against TVK's C. Vijayabaskar in ₹4-crore fraud complaint, police tell Madras High Court; plea closed

Police told the Madras High Court there was no prima facie evidence against TVK executive and former minister C. Vijayabaskar in a ₹4-crore fraud complaint, and the court closed the plea seeking action against him.

2 October 2026 · 1 min read

Politics

High Court clears path for Ambasamudram and Perundurai byelections

Justice P.B. Balaji struck off a plea to declare the Ambasamudram runner-up the winner, saying a multi-candidate contest can only end in a fresh poll if the petition succeeds. Counsel for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay told a Division Bench that the Election Commission must now hold polls in both seats.

1 October 2026 · 2 min read

The Madras High Court in Chennai. The First Bench has registered a suo motu public interest case on caste names in public places.

Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court opens suo motu case to strip caste names from Tamil Nadu's streets

A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari has given the State four weeks to report which caste appellations on streets, roads and localities have been removed, and which still remain, nearly five decades after a 1978 order first demanded it.

1 October 2026 · 4 min read

The Madras High Court, where Justice V. Lakshminarayanan passed an interim order on Wednesday.

Crime

"Not an area to play politics": High Court refuses, for now, to move Gem Granites POCSO case to the CBI

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan said the police had no "magic wand" to crack the case within four days of forming a Special Investigation Team, and ordered a status report by October 7. Separately, police have booked R. Veeramani over the death of a minor in 2004.

30 September 2026 · 3 min read