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  HC rejects a dental college plea to order DCI to register students admitted in excess

  India | September 13, 2014 19:50 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court bench on Saturday rejected the plea of a dental college, seeking a direction to the Dental Council of India and Dr. MGR Medical University to register candidates admitted in excess

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  Madras High Court allows conduct of dog show

  India | September 12, 2014 8:07 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday granted permission to conduct a dog show at the YMCA grounds here between September 12-14.Justice V Ramasubramanian, before whom the petition filed by the Madras Canine Club came up,

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  Madras High Court orders notice to Home Secretary, DGP

  India | September 11, 2014 8:14 IST

  Madurai:  The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court yesterday ordered issue of notice to the Home Secretary, the DGP, the City Police Commissioner and others on a petition seeking action against some police officials,

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  HC allows Lankan minister to appear through video conferencing

  India | September 10, 2014 21:22 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court today allowed a criminal revision petition filed by Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda and directed him to appear through video conferencing at the Office of the High Commissioner of India

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  HC dismisses Alagiri's plea to quash FIR

  India | September 08, 2014 23:30 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court today dismissed former Union minister M K Alagiri's plea to quash an FIR against him in a land grabbing case, observing that there were prima facie materials for registration of

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  Madras High Court: 'Use IT in judiciary for speedy justice'

  India | September 07, 2014 7:26 IST

  Chennai: Stressing the need to use Information and Technology in the Judiciary for speedy justice, the Madras High Court yesterday directed a subordinate court to dispose off appeals in two cases in a month.Justice S

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  Hoax call leads to bomb scare in HC

  India | September 02, 2014 21:16 IST

  Chennai: An anonymous phone call threatening that a bomb would go off in the Madras High Court complex led to a scare which later proved to be hoax.“The call was made from a public call

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  Student from Nepal moves HC against denial of admission

  India | September 02, 2014 8:37 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday ordered issue of notices to Directorate of Technical Education, Anna University and AICTE on a petition by a student from Nepal against denial of lateral admission to an engineering course

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  Closure of college buildings: HC orders status quo

  India | August 30, 2014 23:42 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court today ordered maintenance of status quo over the issue of closure and lock up of buildings of 15 colleges in Dharmapuri district for their alleged failure to get approval under the

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  DMDK man held for 'defamatory' post on Facebook refused bail

  India | August 28, 2014 8:00 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to a DMDK councillor, arrested for allegedly posting defamatory statements against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on a social networking portal.  Malli alias Subramaniam, DMDK Mettupalayam Town Secretary

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  Madras HC makes stay order absolute on defamation proceedings against Swamy

  India | August 25, 2014 8:29 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court has made absolute an order of stay against defamation proceedings initiated by a Chennai-based consultancy firm against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a Singapore court.The firm filed a defamation suit

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  Validity of National Judicial Appointments Commission bill challenged

  India | August 23, 2014 9:28 IST

  Chennai:  The validity of National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014, passed by both houses of Parliament, was challenged in the Madras High Court yesterday as being unconstitutional and without authority or source of power.The First

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  Madras High Court: Use e-post facility to inform relatives, friends of arrest

  India | August 21, 2014 7:48 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court Bench has directed police to use e-Post facility to inform relatives or friends regarding the arrest of an individual and making an endorsement to that effect in the arrest memo.Giving

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  Madras High Court dismisses Nithyananda's plea against sub court order

  India | August 20, 2014 7:02 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court bench yesterday dismissed controversial self-styled godman Nithyanandha Swamy's plea against a sub-court's order barring him from entering Madurai Adheenam Mutt and performing services there.Dismissing his plea, Justice V M Velumani

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  Only Chief Justice is empowered in constitution of benches: HC

  India | August 12, 2014 23:56 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Registrar General of the Court to constitute a special bench for deciding habeas corpus petitions challenging detention of persons under the

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  Katju triggers fresh controversy, targets ex-CJI Balakrishnan

  India | August 11, 2014 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: Stoking a fresh controversy, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today alleged that the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan had pushed for the elevation of a

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  'Hope union government will look into problems of fishermen': Madras High Court

  India | August 06, 2014 6:43 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday hoped the union government would look into problems of Indian fishermen and try to find a reasonable solution to them.The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and

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  Madras High Court orders fresh probe in case involving forged signature of Shiela Dixit

  India | August 02, 2014 7:06 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday ordered the poilce here to reopen a complaint that a city-based financier was cheated Rs 62 lakh by two persons who produced papers with forged signatures of the then

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  Removal of unauthorised hoardings: HC warns of contempt action

  India | August 01, 2014 6:43 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday granted three more weeks to authorities for filing compliance report in the matter of removal of illegal hoardings and digital banners in the city, but warned that the officials would

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  Madras High Court: 'Formulate scheme to reform youths detained under Goondas Act'

  India | July 22, 2014 7:24 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday suggested that Tamil Nadu government formulate a scheme of reformation outside prison for youths aged between 21 and 40 years who have been detained in prison under the Goonda's