Madras High Court
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‘Tamils will never accept imposition of language: Madras HC Judge
Chennai: Madras High Court Judge, Justice N Anand Venkatesh, has said that a Tamilian will never accept the imposition of a language on him, though he willingly learns other languages out of…
- India
Advocates cannot seek information under RTI Act for clients’ cases: CIC
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that advocates cannot use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to seek details regarding cases they are handling for clients, observing that using…
- India
SC refused to entertain ‘Jana Nayagan’ producer’s plea against HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea filed by the producer of Vijay-starrer Tamil film “Jana Nayagan”, challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that…
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HC judge quotes Prophet Muhammad, directs Madurai corpn to pay lawyer’s fee
Madurai: Quoting a famous saying of Prophet Muhammad on prompt and fair payment upon completion of work, Justice G R Swaminathan of the Madras High Court has directed the Madurai corporation to…
- Chennai
TN stampede: All-party meet held to formulate guidelines for public meetings
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday held a meeting of political parties to formulate guidelines on holding public meetings in the wake of the September 27 stampede in Karur that claimed…
- Chennai
TN stampede: HC forms SIT, denies pre-arrest bail to TVK leaders
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Friday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the September 27 stampede at the political rally of actor and TVK founder Vijay, on a day…
- Chennai
TN stampede: Madras HC directs constituting SIT
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday ordered setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under senior IPS officer Asra Garg to probe the September 27 stampede during actor-politician Vijay’s rally in…
- India
Karur stampede victim moves HC against nod to TVK to hold rallies
Chennai: A man injured in the September 27 stampede in the political rally of TVK founder Vijay on Sunday moved the Madras High Court with a plea to forbear Tamil Nadu DGP…
- India
SC grills TN govt over senior cop’s suspension post HC directive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday grilled the Tamil Nadu government over the suspension of Additional Director General of Police H M Jayaram, who was directed to be arrested by the…
- India
Madras HC stays Tamil Nadu university’s suspension order over ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti
The Madras High Court has stayed the arbitrary suspension of a student by a Tamil Nadu university after ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Jai Bhim’ slogans were painted on its hostel walls. On May 25,…
- Chennai
Modi-Trump cartoon: Madras HC orders Indian govt to lift ban on Vikatan
The Madras High Court, on Thursday, March 6, ordered the Union government to lift the ban imposed on Vikatan, a Tamil-language weekly magazine, whose website was blocked after it posted a cartoon…
- Hyderabad
Actress Kasthuri Shankar arrested in Hyderabad for controversial remarks
Hyderabad: Actress Kasthuri Shankar was arrested by the Egmore police on Saturday, November 16 at a film producer’s residence in Hyderabad due to her controversial comments about the Telugu community. Following the…
- India
Madras HC quashes defamation complaint against TN speaker
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday, October 25 quashed a defamation complaint pending against Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Appavu in a special court here, citing want of locus standi by…
- India
Lesbianism as sexual offense reintroduced in NMC’s medical curriculum
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has reintroduced ‘sodomy and lesbianism’ as unnatural sexual offences in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergraduate medical students. It has also brought back topics…
- Entertainment
Madras HC directs Studio Green to deposit Rs 1 cr each before releasing ‘Thangalaan’, ‘Kanguva’
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday flagged the release of two big-budget Tamil movies — ‘Thangalan’ starring ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram and ‘Kanguva’ featuring Suriya. A division bench of the high court comprising…
