Judge directs Registry to destroy his order dictated and kept in a sealed cover before pronouncement

A justice of the Madras High Court has directed its Registry to destruct an unpronounced bid that helium had prepared and kept successful a sealed cover. The absorption was issued due to the fact that of aggregate proceedings related to the lawsuit having taken place, earlier a Division Bench of the High Court arsenic good arsenic the Supreme Court, without waiting for him to pronounce the order.

Justice K. Kumaresh Babu said, nary utile intent would beryllium served successful pronouncing the bid present due to the fact that of the multiplicity of proceedings that had taken spot aft helium had reserved orders connected an exertion filed by Madras Race Club (MRC) to restrain Tamil Nadu authorities from interfering with the sprawling contention people onshore astatine Guindy successful Chennai.

The justice pointed retired helium had reserved orders connected the exertion connected August 18, 2025 and dictated the bid to his idiosyncratic caput connected October 6. However, connected October 14, the State authorities belatedly filed an entreaty earlier the Division Bench challenging his July 4 bid done which the authorities arsenic good arsenic MRC were directed to support presumption quo until further orders.

Stating helium came to cognize astir the entreaty lone done societal media posts, the justice said, helium would person pronounced the orders instantly if the authorities counsel acrophobic had informed him of the urgency progressive successful the lawsuit successful presumption of the impending monsoon and the request to fortify the ponds that had been dug successful the property.

However, the authorities chose to spell connected entreaty challenging his erstwhile bid and the Division Bench excessively entertained the entreaty by modifying the bid of presumption quo and permitting the authorities to fortify the ponds done an interim order. Thereafter, passing orders connected a further entreaty preferred by MRC, the Supreme Court permitted the authorities to found an eco parkland excessively connected the Guindy property.

Disposing of MRC’s peculiar permission petition connected October 30, the Supreme Court besides asked the Division Bench of the High Court to dispose of the substance astatine the earliest. After the Supreme Court orders, the State authorities urged the Division Bench to enactment each further proceedings successful MRC’s exertion pending earlier the azygous justice and the Bench granted the enactment connected November 5.

“In presumption of the supra circumstances, this tribunal departs with the exertion and the Registry is directed to destruct the bid which is prepared and kept successful the sealed cover,” the justice wrote.

Though advocator Vaibhav R. Venkatesh, representing MRC, requested the justice to not depart with the lawsuit until his lawsuit could attack the Supreme Court and get a clarification that it wanted the azygous justice and not the Division Bench to dispose of the substance first, the justice said, helium was not inclined to judge the request.