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  Madras HC extends time limit for issue, submission of school forms

  India | April 17, 2014 6:24 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday directed the State School Education Department to extend the time limit upto 15 days, instead of seven days, for issuance and submission of application forms for admission of children in

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  Madras HC restrains Tamil magazine on Baalu's Rs 1 cr defamation suit

  India | April 12, 2014 8:55 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court has restrained a Tamil bi-weekly magazine 'Junior Vikatan' from publishing any defamatory reports against former union minister and DMK nominee in Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency T R Baalu and his family

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  Issue BC certificates to converted Muslims: Madras HC

  India | April 10, 2014 7:45 IST

  Chennai : Holding that a person belonging to Hindu backward class on conversion to Islam would continueto get the benefit of BC status, the Madras High Court yesterday asked the state government to direct authorities

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  Madras HC issues notice to state govt on PIL on Vanniar Sangam fest

  India | April 10, 2014 6:55 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to the state government on a PIL seeking direction not to grant permission for a festival to be conducted by Vanniar Sangam, a unit of the PMK.The

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  Girl urges Madras HC to Restrain authorities from evaluating bio paper

  India | April 03, 2014 7:34 IST

  Chennai: Apprehending loss of marks in the Plus Two biology paper as the question was reportedly not prepared properly, a girl student yesterday moved the Madras High Court, praying for a direction to restrain authorities

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  Direction sought to raise retirement age of non-teaching staff

  India | April 01, 2014 6:27 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to Registrar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, on a petition by a non-teaching staff member attaining superannuation yesterday, seeking a direction to universities in Tamil Nadu to raise the retirement

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  Madras HC ticks off officials enforcing orders after contempt notice

  India | March 30, 2014 6:30 IST

  Chennai: Voicing concern over the 'disturbing trend' among public servants that they would obey court orders only after contempt proceedings are initiated, Madras High Court has held that such compliance would not automatically absolve concerned

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  Madras HC dispenses with personal appearance of Tamil daily Editor

  India | March 23, 2014 6:13 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday dispensed with the personal appearance of the Editor of Tamil Daily 'Dinamalar' before the II Metropolitan Magistrate Court till the copies of complaint and the sworn statement recorded in

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  Chennai Advocates storm into court hall of Chief Justice

  India | March 21, 2014 8:19 IST

  Chennai: High drama and tense moments were witnessed in the Madras High court yesterday as a group of advocates stormed into the Chief Justice's court hall demanding that Tamil be made the official language of

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  EC requests HC to dismisses AIADMK's plea against its order

  India | March 20, 2014 7:55 IST

  Chennai: The ECI yesterday requested the Madras High Court to dismiss a petition filed by AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalithaa challenging the order of the Commission to cover pictures of two leaves on small buses

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  PIL filed to provide symbol on EVM's to vote NOTA

  India | March 19, 2014 8:49 IST

  Chennai: The Election Commission yesterday sought time in the Madras High court to reply on a PIL seeking a direction to ECI to develop a symbol to denote NOTA option on the voting machine as

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  Dhoni files Rs.100 crore defamation case against two TV channels

  Cricket | March 18, 2014 19:12 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court Tuesday restrained two media companies - Zee Media Corporation and News Nation Network - from publishing or broadcasting for two weeks any stories linking Indian cricket team skipper M.S. Dhoni

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  Kandadevi temple festival: District collector asked to file counter

  India | March 18, 2014 6:49 IST

  Madurai: Madras High Court bench yesterday directed the Sivaganga District Collector and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment board to file a counter on a petition seeking permission to conduct the Kandadevi temple festival with car

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  Madras HC refuses to allow cultural dance programmes in temple fests

  India | March 15, 2014 7:42 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday refused to allow cultural dance programmes in temple festivals, saying it was a recent creation and not borne out by any tradition or culture.'Such a requirement to conduct dance festivals

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  Sexual harassment : Notice to TN chief secretary, college management

  India | March 15, 2014 8:07 IST

  Chennai:  The Madras High Court yesterday issued notices to Tamil Nadu government and college management on a plea of a woman lecturer against her termination after she approached the court alleging sexual harassment by some

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  Madras HC issues notice to Centre on PIL against blocking website

  India | March 14, 2014 7:16 IST

  Chennai:  Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to the Union Department of Information Technology on a PIL seeking to forbear officials from blocking Tamil website 'savukku' (whip) consequent to a single judge's order in a

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  Madras HC advises judicious use of food items such as milk

  India | March 13, 2014 7:49 IST

  Chennai:  The Madras High Court yesterday directed temple authorities to consider a devotee's plea to perform celestial milk bath to a deity but advised people to use judiciously such food items keeping in mind the

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  Madras HC stays proceedings against med college's managing trustee

  India | March 09, 2014 7:00 IST

  Chennai: Madras High court yesterday stayed proceedings against TD Naidu, Managing Trustee of Deenadayal (D D Medical College) Medical and Educational Trust of Tiruvallur in a cheating case registered against him.  Justice C T Selvam

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  Madras HC issues notice to public prosecutor on petition

  India | March 08, 2014 8:23 IST

  Chennai:  Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to a public prosecutor on a petition seeking direction to the superintendent of a prison near here to provide medical treatment to two undertrial prisoners and two convicts,

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  Madras HC upholds single judge's order; dismisses appeal

  India | March 07, 2014 7:35 IST

  Chennai :  Madras High Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by film producer S Thanu against the order of a single judge declining injunction to restrain elected members of the Tamil Film Producers Council from