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  Madras HC issues notice to BHEL officials

  India | March 07, 2014 7:01 IST

  Madurai:The Madras High Court yesterday issuednotice to officials of Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited on apetition by 175 employees alleging that they were asked to do “guard's job” after being recruited as Sub-Inspectors (GradeIII Fire/security).Justice K

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  Let Karunanidhi prove his innocence in the trial: ECI

  India | March 06, 2014 9:22 IST

  Chennai : Election Commission yesterday took a tough stand against DMK president M Karunanidhi's petition in the Madras High Court to quash an election complaint against him,  saying the former chief minister has to prove

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  HC tells Advocate Commissioners to submit report on buildings in 6 weeks

  India | March 04, 2014 11:13 IST

  Madurai : The Madurai bench of the Madras High court today gave six more weeks time to the Advocate Commissioners to survey height of buildings around the famous Meenakshi Temple here and submit their comprehensive

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  HC upholds single judge order holding bishop guilty of contempt of court

  India | March 02, 2014 6:20 IST

  Chennai:  Madras High Court today upheld a single judge's order holding a bishop guilty of contempt of court, but said its directive to him “to seek pardon from the source in whose jurisdiction he has

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  Madras HC orders immediate ban of Tamil website

  India | March 01, 2014 11:52 IST

  Chennai : Madras High Court yesterday ordered immediate ban of Tamil website ‘Savukku' for being vituperative and tarnishing the reputation of several judges, IAS and IPS officers, advocates and others.  “This court notes that the

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  Airport: HC refuses to extend interim injunction from proceeding over RFQ

  India | March 01, 2014 7:08 IST

  Chennai:  Madras High Court today said it would not extend the interim injunction granted from proceeding any further over Request for Qualification (RFQ) invited from private parties for management of Chennai Airport.The Chennai Airport Authority

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  No bail to teacher who eloped with his student

  India | March 01, 2014 6:52 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Tamil teacher who eloped with his 10th standard girl student and observed he should have acted like a guardian to her instead of

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  Inaction in release of convicts will be treated as Contempt:HC

  India | February 28, 2014 6:54 IST

  Chennai : The Madras High Court today warned the Tamil Nadu government that its failure to release the life convicts, as per its order, would be treated as “contempt of court”.“Despite an order passed by

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  PIL challenging AP bifurcation dismissed as not maintainable

  India | February 27, 2014 8:57 IST

  Chennai : The Madras High Court yesterday dismissed a petition challenging the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.The PIL had contended parliament has no power under Article 3 of the Constitution to divide the state.“We are of

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  Madras HC helps couple reunite after nine years of separation

  India | February 23, 2014 8:46 IST

  Chennai : Thanks to the reconciliatory efforts of Madras High Court, a couple have been reunited nine years after separation as the high court set aside divorce granted to them by a family court after

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  Jailed US ship crew file fresh bail application before Madras High Court

  India | February 22, 2014 7:01 IST

  Madurai: The 35 crew members of a private US Ship, who were arrested on charges of carrying weapons illegally and straying into Indian waters, on Friday filed a fresh bail application at the Madras High

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  Bail pleas of all the crew members of US ship dismissed

  India | December 18, 2013 17:52 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court bench here today dismissed bail petitions of all the crew members of a US ship, arrested on charges of illegally carrying weapons on board the vessel and straying into Indian

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  HC upholds life imprisonment awarded to Retd Army officer

  India | December 13, 2013 10:03 IST

  Chennai : The Madras High Court yesterday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a retired Army officer by a Fast Track Court for murdering a 13-year-old boy for trespassing into an army residential compound here

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  PIL seeks guidelines for ensuring safety of women in courts

  India | December 07, 2013 10:55 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government, the court Registrar General and the state Bar council on a PIL on ensuring safe working environment for women in the precincts of courts

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  HC orders notice on VCs appointment to 3 TN varsities

  India | November 30, 2013 11:09 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday ordered issue of a notice to authorities concerned on a petition seeking a direction to appoint Vice Chancellors of three Universities in Tamil Nadu.A division bench, comprising Justice Chitra

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  State should wage legal battle only in deserving cases: HC

  India | November 30, 2013 10:22 IST

  Chennai : Lambasting the attitude of the government contesting all the cases irrespective of its deservedness, the Madras High Court yesterday observed that state should always keep in mind that it is “by the people

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  HC upholds Alagiri's election to Lok Sabha

  India | November 23, 2013 8:26 IST

  Chennai:  The Madras High Court yesterday upheld the Election of former Union Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi's son M K Alagiri from Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2009 Parliament elections.  Justice V Dhanapalan

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  HC orders issue of notice to Centre

  India | November 12, 2013 22:28 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to the Centre on habeas corpus pleas filed by two life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, challenging their incarceration beyond 20 years in prison.In

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  'Not performing prayers in pooja room, no ground to say person not Hindu': Madras HC

  India | November 01, 2013 6:19 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court yesterday ruled that an Hindu individual's act of not conducting prayers in a room specified for the purpose cannot be considered as a ground to declare that the person is not

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  HC transfers probe into triple murder case to CBI

  India | October 28, 2013 7:27 IST

  Chennai: The Madras High Court, which ordered transfer of the probe into the murder of former Tamil Nadu Minerals Corporation chairman S Saravanan, his wife and maid servant to CBI, has directed the agency to