For the Madras High Court, 2023 was an eventful year
The Hindu
The year 2023 turned out to be highly eventful for the Madras High Court.
The year 2023 turned out to be highly eventful for the Madras High Court.
It began with a writ of quo warranto questioning the authority under which Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi was holding his office while simultaneously serving as the chairman of the board of governors of Auroville Foundation in Puducherry.
On January 5, 2023, the then Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy held the writ petition, filed by M. Kannadasan of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam, to be not maintainable in view of the immunity enjoyed by the Governor, from legal proceedings, under Article 361 of the Constitution.
In the same month, Justices R. Subramanian and K. Kumaresh Babu set aside a 2018 notification issued by the Food Safety Commissioner (FSC) banning the manufacture, storage, transport, distribution or sale of gutkha, pan masala and other chewable food products containing tobacco / nicotine as ingredients.
The Bench held that the ban could be imposed only for a temporary period which could extend up to a maximum of one year and not beyond that.
In February 2023, the elevation of Justice L. Victoria Gowri to the Bench turned controversial with a group of lawyers accusing her of having delivered “hate speeches” when she was a lawyer.
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