Madras High Court
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PIL seeks guidelines for ensuring safety of women in courts
India | Dec 07, 2013, 10:55 AM ISTChennai: 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 | Nov 30, 2013, 11:09 AM ISTChennai: 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 | Nov 30, 2013, 10:22 AM ISTChennai : 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 | Nov 23, 2013, 08:26 AM ISTChennai: 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 | Nov 12, 2013, 10:28 PM ISTChennai: 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 | Nov 01, 2013, 06:19 AM ISTChennai: 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 | Oct 28, 2013, 07:27 AM ISTChennai: 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
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Madras HC upholds dismissal of SBI employee for misappropriation
India | Oct 15, 2013, 07:39 AM ISTChennai : Madras High Court has set aside an order of Central Industrial Tribunal reducing the punishment of dismissal awarded to a State Bank of India employee for alleged misappropriation of funds in 2001.Justice D
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Madras High Court declares electricity supply a legal right
India | Oct 10, 2013, 09:29 AM ISTChennai: The Madras High Court has declared that denial of power supply to any person will be considered as violation of fundamental human rights.The declaration came in response to a petition from a group of
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Property attached by EPFO cannot be sold by establishments: HC
India | Oct 06, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court has held that a property attached under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act for non-payment of provident fund arrears cannot be alienated or sold by the defaulting industrial establishment and such
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Public servant facing criminal case cannot be reinstated: HC
India | Oct 06, 2013, 06:24 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court has ruled that a public servant facing criminal case and suspended for corruption charges cannot claim reinstatement in service during the pendency of the case. Justice D Hariparanthaman made the observation
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Madras HC sets aside CAT order
India | Oct 02, 2013, 07:25 AM ISTChennai : The Madras High Court yesterday allowed a plea filed by Namakkal District Collector D Jagannathan, challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal order setting aside the Personnel and Training Ministry notification on his selection and
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Plea filed in HC against promotion of DSPs
India | Oct 01, 2013, 07:19 AM ISTChennai: A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging a government order promoting certain DSPs as ADSPs who have already been given accelerated promotion for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's elimination.The petition came up
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Fill up vacancies of ADSPs, HC tells TN govt
India | Sep 28, 2013, 08:15 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court yesterday directed Tamil Nadu government to fill the vacancies of Additional DSP by handing temporary promotions to all DSP's among 1979, 1981, 1987 and 1996 batch officers as per their ‘inter
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HC directs petitioners to approach PWD for drawing water
India | Sep 24, 2013, 06:42 AM ISTChennai: The Madras High Court yesterday directed a batch of petitioners and appellants from Tiruppur area in Tamil Nadu to approach the State Public Works Department to permit them to draw water from the bore
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HC permits e-post system to communicate detention orders
India | Sep 22, 2013, 07:48 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court yesterday permitted use of e-post system to communicate detention orders to the relatives of those to be arrested, and issued a set of guidelines to be followed in this regard.The division
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HC notice to TN Govt on PIL for garbage removal
India | Sep 21, 2013, 08:11 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court yesterday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Local Administration Secretary and the Corporation of Chennai on a PIL seeking to clear garbage and stagnation of water in the streets of the
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PIL filed seeking probe into rape case
India | Sep 19, 2013, 07:03 AM ISTChennai: A PIL to assign probe into the rape of a 10-year-old girl to an officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police with “integrity and sensitivity” was filed in the Madras High Court
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PCI order directing TN Home Sectry to appear before it stayed
India | Sep 17, 2013, 07:25 AM ISTChennai: The Madras High Court yesterday stayed the Press Council Of India's order directing the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and the Madurai District Collector to appear inn person before it on September 19. When a
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HC stays summons issued to DMDK legislator
India | Sep 13, 2013, 08:02 AM ISTChennai: Madras High Court yesterday stayed the summons issued to DMDK legislator Mohanraj to appear before police at Salem on August 30 in an alleged land grabbing case.Justice P Devadass, who passed the interim orders