Madras High Court
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Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Supreme Court junks Tamil Nadu govt's plea against CBI investigation
Chennai | Dec 18, 2024, 08:38 AM ISTThe Supreme Court denied interfering in the Madras High Court order which directed the state police to hand over the investigation to the CBI. The tragic incident that took place in July this year claimed 67 lives.
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Supreme Court rules watching, storing child pornography is offence under POCSO Act
India | Sep 23, 2024, 11:51 AM ISTA bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra pronounced the verdict. The top court's bench was hearing a plea against a Madras High Court ruling that watching child porn is not a POCSO offence.
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Madras High Court rejects plea to bury slain Tamil Nadu BSP president at party office in Chennai
Tamil Nadu | Jul 07, 2024, 05:53 PM ISTThe Madras High Court rejected a plea from the wife of slain Tamil Nadu BSP President K. Armstrong, seeking permission to bury her husband at the party's office in Chennai, citing rules against burials in residential areas.
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Madras HC rejects plea seeking slain TN BSP chief Armstrong's burial in party office premises
Tamil Nadu | Jul 07, 2024, 05:08 PM ISTBSP chief Mayawati termed the murder of K Armstrong, president of the party's Tamil Nadu unit, as "brutal", and said the government must act to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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Supreme Court extends stay on proceedings in hate speech case against Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai
India | Apr 29, 2024, 03:52 PM ISTK Annamalai has contested from Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency in the first phase of the ongoing general elections on April 19, aiming for his maiden Lok Sabha term in 2024.
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Madras HC dismisses petitions against Udhayanidhi, Sekar Babu, MP A Raja over ‘Sanatan’ remarks
Chennai | Mar 06, 2024, 03:57 PM ISTThe Madras High Court dismissed quo warranto petitions challenging the eligibility of DMK Ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin, P K Sekar Babu, and MP A Raja to hold office following alleged remarks against Sanatana Dharma.
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'Non-Hindu not allowed beyond flagpole area in temples,' rules Madras High Court
Tamil Nadu | Jan 31, 2024, 08:37 AM ISTThe respondents were the TN government, represented by Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments, The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR&CE) and the Executive Officer of the Palani temple.
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Doctors conducting 'two-finger test' on rape survivors will be guilty of misconduct: Madras HC
Chennai | Nov 24, 2023, 01:00 PM ISTThe Madras High Court has issued a warning, stating that those conducting two-finger tests in rape cases will also be considered guilty of misconduct. It is worth noting that the Supreme Court had already imposed a ban on the two-finger test earlier.
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Madras high court reserves order on Senthil Balaji's bail application in money laundering case
Chennai | Oct 19, 2023, 01:06 PM ISTThe minister suffered chest pain and was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital immediately after the arrest. Later, he was transferred to Kauvery Hospital where he underwent bypass surgery.
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Madras High Court's Madurai bench denies permission for RSS rallies in THESE districts on October 22
Chennai | Oct 18, 2023, 06:49 PM ISTThe matter was heard by the Madurai Bench of the High Court on Wednesday. This comes after the court had allowed the RSS to hold a route march of its cadre in Tamil Nadu on October 22 and 29.
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Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji seeks bail from Madras HC, plea to be heard on Wednesday
Chennai | Oct 10, 2023, 02:12 PM ISTBalaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 14, accused of involvement in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam that occurred during his tenure as Transport Minister in a previous AIADMK government.
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Jailer: Madras High Court to hear PIL against UA certificate issued to Rajinikanth-starrer
Regional Cinema | Aug 19, 2023, 11:46 PM ISTThe Madras High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the CBFC to revoke the UA certificate issued to the film.
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Wife entitled to equal share in property bought by husband: Madras High Court
Chennai | Jun 26, 2023, 04:49 PM ISTJustice Krishnan Ramasamy observed that a wife being a homemaker is a job of 24 hours without holidays, which cannot be less equated with the 8 hours job of the husband.
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Madras HC advocates against Gowri's elevation for judgeship | Why protest against her appointment
India | Feb 02, 2023, 11:31 PM ISTMadras High Court advocates wrote to President Droupadi Murmu and top court collegium saying Gowri’s regressive views are completely “antithetical to foundational constitutional values and reflect her deep-rooted religious bigotry making her unfit for the post.
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NEET: Give grace marks to SC aspirant who prescribed wrong question, says Madras HC
Education | Oct 21, 2022, 06:38 PM ISTThe bench was allowing a writ appeal from T Udhayakumar, who abstained from answering question no.97 as none of the key answers appeared correct.
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Madras High Court directs all law colleges in Tamil Nadu to install Dr BR Ambedkar's photographs
India | Aug 19, 2022, 12:18 PM ISTJustice GR Swaminathan of the Madras High court passed the order while dealing with a plea by a Scheduled Caste student who approached the court to quash the disciplinary action against him by college authorities.
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Go elsewhere, don't disturb estranged wife, children: Madras HC
India | Aug 17, 2022, 11:21 AM ISTJustice R N Manjula, who made the observation recently, directed the husband, an industrialist, to leave his wife, an advocate and two children and seek accommodation elsewhere.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC refuses to quash lower court proceedings against convict
India | Jul 26, 2022, 07:07 PM ISTRajiv Gandhi assassination case: Justice N Sathish Kumar, who rejected the plea, directed the Vellore court to dispose of the case expeditiously. The judge was disposing of a criminal original petition from Murugan.
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Actor Vijay gets relief from Madras HC in car import case; details inside
Celebrities | Jul 15, 2022, 10:43 PM ISTActor Vijay needs to pay penalty only from Jan 29, 2019, to 2021 and not from 2005 as ruled by the Madras High Court on Friday. Read on to know more details.
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Removal of Mangalsutra would amount 'mental cruelty' for husband, rules Madras HC
India | Jul 15, 2022, 02:47 PM ISTMangalsutra Madras HC Ruling: When the woman was examined, she admitted that at the time of separation, she removed her thali chain (sacred chain worn by the wife as a token of having married).