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Chennai: YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar, who did not surrender even after his interim bail granted by Madras high court lapsed on March 25, was tracked down in Andhra Pradesh by Chennai police and arrested on Wednesday. Three others were also arrested with him by a special team from a hotel in Andhra Pradesh.Shankar was arrested on Dec 13, 2025, based on cases registered at Saidapet and Adambakkam police stations for extortion. He was granted interim bail on Dec 26, 2025, by the high court on medica ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday assured the Madras High Court that all necessary steps will be taken for ensuring easy access to disabled voters in all the polling stations in the state before the polling on April 23. The submission was made by advocate Niranjan Rajagopalan, standing counsel for the ECI, before the first bench of Chief Justice Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan when a petition filed by activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar, in this regard, came up for ...Read More >
Dr. Ramadoss is engaged in a dispute over the use of the party symbol by his estranged son and party president Anbumani The Supreme Court on Monday asked PMK founder S. Ramadoss to approach the Madras High Court in a challenge against a Chennai court's refusal on March 26 to direct the Election Commission of India (EC) to allot the party's 'mango' symbol to him. "The impugned order has been passed by the XIII Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai. We see no reason as to why the impugned order ca ...Read More >
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday responded to a Madurai court's verdict in the 2020 custodial death case of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu, where nine police officials from the Sathankulam police station were sentenced to death. The judgment comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were allegedly assaulted by police personnel in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district, for reportedly keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. Also Read ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Referring to the apex court's various judgments defining "obscene" as something which has the potential to appeal to the prurient interest of a person, Supreme Court has said that the mere use of bastard "without a sexual or prurient element" does not constitute an offence of obscenity under IPC Section 294."...in our view, mere use of the word 'bastard', by itself, is not sufficient to arouse prurient interest of a person. More so when such words are commonly used in the modern era d ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: AIADMK's Lalgudi candidate Leema Rose Martin has emerged as the richest contestant in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, declaring assets worth approximately Rs 1,049.56 crore in her election affidavit filed ahead of the April 23 polls.The 58-year-old, wife of lottery businessman Santiago Martin, filed her nomination papers on Monday. Her affidavit shows movable assets worth Rs 139.62 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 909.94 crore, putting her ahead of other high-value candidat ...Read More >
Lalgudi (Tamil Nadu), Apr 7 (PTI) AIADMK candidate for the Lalgudi Assembly constituency Leema Rose Martin has emerged as the wealthiest contestant in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, declaring total assets valued at approximately Rs 1,049.56 crore in her election affidavit. The 58-year-old, who is the wife of lottery businessman Santiago Martin, filed her nomination papers on April 6, revealing a massive portfolio that includes movable assets worth Rs 139.62 crore and immovable assets w ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu's Sathankulam case: 9 cops get death sentence for custodial death of P Jayaraj and his son, Bennix, over violation of Covid norms. News18 explains the law, what next Sathankulam Case: In a landmark judgment, a Madurai court on Monday handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. The father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Bennix, died after they were assaulted by the convicted policemen in Sathankulam in Thoothukudi district of Ta ...Read More >
A petition was filed against Tamil film, TN 2026, seeking court's intervention to stall the release citing election norms. A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to stall the release of the Tamil film, TN 2026, until after the completion of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The petitioner, ML Ravi, president of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi (DMSK), referred to actor-turned-politician Vijay's last film, Jana Nayagan, which he claims, has not be ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Custodial Death: The Madurai court ruling comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were tortured to death in police custody in Thoothukudi district In a landmark verdict that has reignited the debate on custodial violence in India, a Madurai court on Monday sentenced nine Tamil Nadu police personnel to death in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. The ruling, described as falling under the 'rarest of rare' category, comes nearly six years after the brutal dea ...Read More >
Madurai: In a landmark judgment that has reignited national debate on custodial violence, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel convicted in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case. The case pertains to the deaths of trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J. Benicks (31), who died following alleged brutal torture in police custody. The court had, on March 23, 2026, found all nine accused guilty but reserved its de ...Read More >
MADURAI: Nearly six years after a late-night lockdown violation spiralled into one of the most shocking custodial death cases, a Madurai court on Monday sentenced nine policemen to death for the torture and killing of a father and son inside the Sathankulam police station in June 2020.The case traces back to the evening of June 19, 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, when P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks kept their small mobile accessories shop open beyond permitted hours in Sathankulam ...Read More >
Prayagraj, The Allahabad High Court has held that a habeas corpus petition cannot be used as a tool to secure the presence of a husband who is allegedly evading warrants in a maintenance case. A bench of Justices Siddharth and Vinai Kumar Dwivedi made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by Sangita Yadav. The court said it is for the concerned family court to initiate appropriate coercive measures to secure the presence of the husband in such cases. The petitioner had approached ...Read More >
The Madras High Court on Monday (April 6, 2026) quashed the criminal prosecution launched by the Income Tax (I-T) department against film producer, director, and actor Gautham Vasudev Menon for the alleged failure on the part of film production and distribution firm, Photon Kathas Production Private Limited of Chennai, to file its I-T returns for the assessment year 2013-14. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed Mr. Menon's quash petition pending since 2023. Making it clear that the prosecution wa ...Read More >
Madurai, Apr 6 (PTI) In a landmark judgement, a court here on Monday handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. Father-son duo P Jayaraj and J Bennix died after they were assaulted by the convicted policemen in Sathankulam in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu for keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 norms. First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare, ob ...Read More >
Madurai: In a landmark judgment, a court on Monday, April 6, handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. Father-son duo P Jayaraj and J Bennix were assaulted by the convicted policemen in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district, for allegedly keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 norms. First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare, observing that those entrusted ...Read More >
Madurai: In a major verdict in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths case, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sentenced nine Tamil Nadu policemen to death after convicting them of murder and related charges. The court termed the crime "rarest of rare," citing extreme brutality and abuse of power. The judgment came after a six-year trial, with the First Additional District and Sessions Judge convicting all nine accused. The case relates to the deaths of businessman P. Jayaraj and his so ...Read More >
Madurai: A court in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district on Monday sentenced nine policemen to death for their role in the custodial deaths of trader P Jayaraj and his son J Benicks in Thoothukudi district, a case that had sparked nationwide outrage six years ago. Those convicted include Inspector Sridhar; Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh; and police personnel Murugan, Samadurai, Muthuraja, Chelladurai, Thomas Francis, and Veilumuthu. Describing the incident as a clear "abuse of authority ...Read More >
Sathankulam custodial deaths: In a landmark judgment, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday sentenced nine Tamil Nadu police personnel to death in connection with the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths. The court described the incident as a "rarest of rare" case, citing extreme brutality and gross misuse of authority. Presiding Judge G Muthukumaran held all nine accused guilty of murder and other related charges in the deaths of trader P Jayaraj (59) and his son J Benniks (31). Th ...Read More >
Sathankulam Custodial Killing Case: A court in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district on Monday sentenced nine policemen to death in connection with the custodial deaths of trader P Jayaraj and his son J Benicks in Thoothukudi district, a case that sparked nationwide outrage six years ago. Describing the incident as a "case of abuse of authority", the court said the verdict would not "instill fear among police" and emphasised that many officers in the state serve with integrity. "Father and son strippe ...Read More >
Chennai, April 6: Awarding the rarest of rare punishment in the custodial torture and murder of a father and son in south Tamil Nadu that shook the country during the COVID-19 lockdown, a trial court in Madurai on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine policemen found guilty in the case. This is perhaps the first time so many policemen have been sentenced to death in a case of custodial torture, more so in a case where the victims were innocent. Holding that the policemen, who were last mont ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 6 (UNI) In a stringent order, the Madurai First Additional District Court awarded double death sentence to all the nine convicted police personnel in the sensational and brutal father-son Sathakulam custodial death case of 2020. Prounononcing the quantum of sentence to the accused, Judge Muthukumaran imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh on prime accused Inspector S Sridhar, besides more penalty on four counts separately in the case. The judge also imposed fines on all other accused on eac ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order which directed that all plastic/PET bottles and packaging used for selling water, salt and sugar should contain a label stating that these food items "may contain micro/nano plastics"."Nothing wrong in displaying the warning," a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed. "The government may be dragging its feet, but the high court is very affirmative on this, as reports have suggested the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order which directed that all plastic/PET bottles and packaging used for selling water, salt and sugar should contain a label stating that these food items "may contain micro/nano plastics". "Nothing wrong in displaying the warning," a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed. "The government may be dragging its feet, but the high court is very affirmative on this as reports have ...Read More >
A Full Bench (comprising three judges) of the Madras High Court, on Thursday (April 2, 2026), held that the Governor, whether he/she likes it or not, is bound by the advice of the council of Ministers while exercising powers under Article 161 of the Constitution in matters relating to remission and premature release of convicts. The Bench comprising Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira, G.K. Ilanthiraiyan and Sunder Mohan also ruled the Governor, under no circumstance, could exercise any discretion ...Read More >
Chennai: A Governor, regardless of personal views, is bound by the advice of the Council of Ministers when exercising power under Article 161 of the Constitution in issues concerning remission and premature release of convicts, a Full Bench of the Madras High Court ruled on Thursday. The Bench of Justices AD Jagadish Chandira, GK Ilanthiraiyan, and Sunder Mohan, made it clear the Governor, under any circumstances, has no discretion to take a position different from that of the Council of Minist ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) In a significant ruling, a three-member Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday evening said the Tamil Nadu Governor has no discretion and could not reject the recommendations of the State Cabinet as he was bounded by it. The Bench, in a remission case, ruled that the Governor has no discretion, could not reject and was bound by the State Cabinet recommendations. Holding that the Governor has no discretion in the matters pertaining to remission and premature release of conv ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) The Madurai First Additional District Court on Thursday again reserved its order to April 6 on pronouncing the quantum of sentences for the nine accused cops in the sensational and brutal father-son custodial death case. The nine police personnel convicted are the then Inspector S. Sridhar, whose bail plea had already been rejected by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Sub-Inspectors P. Raghu Ganesh and K. Balakrishnan, head constables S. Murugan and A. Saamidurai, and ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the CBI to file its response to a petition filed by former union minister and DMK leader A Raja, who challenged an order of a special court for cases against MP/MLAs refusing to direct the agency to submit certain documents in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira granted two weeks' time to the central agency to file its reply. The 2015 case pertains to allegations that Raja amassed assets worth Rs 5.53 crore dispr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Tamil Nadu minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) general secretary Durai Murugan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday in its order stayed the trial-court proceedings against him in a disproportionate-assets case. "There shall be no further proceedings until the next date of hearing (in this case). Issue notice returnable on April 20," said the two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. It stayed the trial cour ...Read More >
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