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  Madras lawyers boycott courts over Chief Justice's transfer

  India | September 10, 2019 19:06 IST

  Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was transferred by the Supreme Court collegium, which also declined her appeal to reconsider the transfer decision.

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  Madras High Court pulls up Tamil Nadu government over helmet rule implementation

  India | August 28, 2019 20:06 IST

  The bench also directed the Director of Medical Education (DME) to submit the number of accidents involving two-wheelers and fatal cases due to head injuries. Petitioner K K Rajendran has sought a direction to the government to implement the Motor Vehicle Act provisions that make compulsory wearing of helmet by two-wheeler and pillion riders.

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  Madras High Court questions allocation of separate burial ground for Dalits in Tamil Nadu

  India | August 26, 2019 22:12 IST

  The court was hearing a petition initiated by itself after taking note of a newspaper report on blocked access routes to a cremation ground for Dalits in Vellore district, forcing the community members to lower the dead bodies of their relatives from a bridge with the help of ropes into a nearby riverbed for the past four years.

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  Facebook-Aadhaar link: Madras High Court adjourns hearing of plea to Sep 19

  India | August 21, 2019 22:31 IST

  A division bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad made it clear that it was not inclined to entertain the prayer for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts but was only trying to navigate ways to curb online crime with the cooperation of social media companies.

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  Last day for Lord Athi Varadar 'darshan' today; Madras HC refuses extension

  India | August 16, 2019 16:01 IST

  The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking extension of the 'darshan' days for Athi Varadar in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram. According to Kancheepuram district administration, Friday is the last day for public 'darshan' of Athi Varadar. Now, Devotees will be able to 'darshan' after 40 years.

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  Centre moves Madras High Court against order on Kiran Bedi's 'interference' in Pondy government affairs

  India | August 09, 2019 23:53 IST

  The central government approached the high court after the Supreme Court refused to hear Bedi's direct appeal, which had bypassed the former's division bench, against the April 30 order.

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  Madras High Court's relief: Pregnant woman infected with HIV blood to get Rs 25 lakh, house, job

  India | July 26, 2019 23:20 IST

  The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, provide a house and a job to a pregnant woman who was transfused with HIV-infected blood in a government hospital at Virudhunagar district.  

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  NEET: Tamil Nadu says won't hesitate to move court against Centre

  India | July 17, 2019 18:40 IST

  The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday assured the Assembly it would not hesitate to move the Madras High Court to ascertain the reasons for return of two Bills by the Centre over excluding the state from the ambit of NEET.

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  'Saravana Bhavan' founder Rajagopal surrenders in Tamil Nadu court

  India | July 09, 2019 20:07 IST

  Founder of popular South Indian food chain 'Saravana Bhavan' P Rajagopal surrendered before a sessions court in Chennai on Tuesday to serve life term in a murder case hours after the Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking more time.

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  Madras High Court declares as 'illegal' amendment by Tamil Nadu government to Centre's Land Acquisition Act

  India | July 04, 2019 14:17 IST

  Centre's Land Acquisition Act: The Madras High Court has declared as "illegal" an amendment made by the Tamil Nadu government to the Centre's Land Acquisition Act, exempting three state legislations from its purview. It also made it clear that all land acquisitions made by the state government under the three state legislations on or after September 27, 2013, were "illegal."

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  Vulgar videos made on Chinese apps now infiltrate WhatsApp

  India | June 30, 2019 19:36 IST

  WhatsApp with over 300 million users in India has become the one-stop shop for the circulation of videos showing scantily-clad girls dancing to vulgar tunes, adult jokes and explicit "funny" messages presented by homely girls being created in the narrow dingy by-lanes of small towns on such Chinese apps.

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  Do not prevent protests over water crisis: Madras High Court to Tamil Nadu govt

  India | June 29, 2019 12:21 IST

  Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observation on Friday while directing the Chennai Commissioner of Police to permit Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO, to hold a demonstration highlighting the present water crisis in the city and the causes for it on June 30 near Valluvarkottam here.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination: HC allows Nalini to appear in person to argue on plea for leave

  India | June 25, 2019 13:39 IST

  The Madras High Court Tuesday granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on July 5 and argue on her plea for six months ordinary leave to make arrangements for her daughter's wedding.

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  Madras HC to Centre: End trauma of 65 Sri Lankan Tamils

  India | June 23, 2019 13:10 IST

  The Tamils crossed the narrow strip of sea dividing Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu way back with a view to make India their permanent home but the Centre has refused to give them citizenship all these years.

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  Teacher cannot be blamed for student's suicide: Madras High Court

  India | June 21, 2019 22:34 IST

  "When teachers, in the interest of the institution and the students, take stern action against them to correct any mistake or to cultivate good habits and get rid of bad ones, such acts cannot be said to have abetted the suicide," the judge said in his order.

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  Rape victims can end pregnancy sans medical board nod: Madras High Court

  India | June 21, 2019 22:16 IST

  Disposing of a criminal original petition from a victim, Justice N Anand Venkatesh said in all cases of unneeded pregnancy suffered by a victim, she need not be referred to the medical board if the length of pregnancy does not exceed 20 weeks.

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  Kamal Haasan secures anticipatory bail in Godse extremist remark

  India | May 20, 2019 13:15 IST

  Kamal Haasan's comment created a huge row nationwide and police complaints were filed in Aravakuruchi against Haasan for trying to create enmity between communities.

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  Kamal Haasan seeks anticipatory bail in HC over 'Hindu extremist' remark

  May 15, 2019 21:43 IST

  Haasan moved the plea after the court earlier refused to quash an FIR against him, saying such pleas cannot be taken up as emergent petitions during the vacation and that if an anticipatory bail application was filed it could be taken up for hearing.

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  Refusal to marry does not grant men right to stab women: Madras High Court

  India | April 30, 2019 9:11 IST

  The courts must stop being merciful or tend to have misplaced sympathies in cases of this nature, the high court observed.

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  Man gets three-month imprisonment for foul language against magistrate, aspersions on sessions judge

  India | April 28, 2019 22:07 IST

  Justices PN Prakash and B Pugalendi, on their own, directed that the man be taken into custody and lodged in the nearest central prison for serving the sentence, and disposed of his petition.