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Madras High Court to get Chief Justice after eight months

The Madras High Court is all set to get a permanent Chief Justice after more than eight months as President Droupadi Murmu has accepted a recommendation made by Supreme Court collegium to appoint Bombay High Court Acting Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court.

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HC sets aside conviction, sentence imposed on temple executive officer for allegedly demanding ‘Mamool’ from priests

The Madras High Court has set aside the conviction and two year sentence imposed on a temple executive officer for having allegedly demanded and received monthly ‘mamool’ (protection money) from the priests to avoid taking disciplinary proceedings against them.

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Web portal editor moves Madras High Court to quash FIR over publication of fake news of Bihar migrants being attacked in T.N.

Nupur J. Sharma, editor-in-chief of a web portal, and its chief executive officer Rahul Roushan, have approached the Madras High Court with a plea to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered against them by the Tamil Nadu police for having published a report related to false allegations of Bihari…

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HC directs HR&CE Dept. to ensure worship at Droupadi Amman temple festival without caste discrimination

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department to ensure that all devotees, without any caste discrimination whatsoever, are allowed to participate in the ongoing Chithirai-Vaigasi festival at Droupadi Amman temple at Marakkanam in Villupuram district.

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Jain Housing moves Madras High Court against order to pay environmental compensation of ₹2.19 crore

Jain Housing and Constructions Limited (presently Jain Housing) has moved the Madras High Court against Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s insistence on paying environmental compensation of ₹2.19 crore

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Justice S. Vaidyanathan appointed Acting Chief Justice of Madras HC; incumbent T. Raja retires from service

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice S. Vaidyanathan, the senior most judge of the Madras High Court, as its Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) since the incumbent ACJ, T. Raja, retired from service on Wednesday

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IPS officer Pramod Kumar moves HC for being considered to the post of DGP

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted two weeks to the State government for responding to a writ petition filed by Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Pramod Kumar to consider him for the post of Director-General of Police (DGP)

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Clubs, hotels in T.N. are violating liquor vending licence conditions: PIL in Madras High Court

An advocate has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition in the Madras High Court, accusing many private clubs and hotels of violating the liquor vending licence conditions of Tamil Nadu, by serving liquor beyond the stipulated times every day, and by allowing non members to consume liquor at their…

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Police must crack down on Tasmac outlets to prevent sale of spurious liquor, seeks PIL petition at Madras High Court

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Home Secretary and Director-General of Police (DGP) to crack down on bars attached to Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) liquor shops and prevent the sale of spurious liquor.

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No bar on using the term ‘divinity’ in the name of a political party, rules Madras High Court

Holding that ‘divinity’ is not an overtly religious term and there cannot be a bar on using it in the name of a political party, the Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to register a party, named Desiya Deiveega Murpokku Kazhagam (DDMK), meaning ‘national divine…

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Four new judges of Madras High Court take oath of office

Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) T. Raja on Tuesday administered the oath of office to four judicial officers who have been elevated as additional judges of the High Court for a period of two years. Of the four, Justices R. Sakthivel, P. Dhanabal and C. Kumarappan had served…

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Madras High Court orders seizure of all BS-IV vehicles sold and registered fraudulently after Supreme Court deadline

The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police (DGP) to ensure that not even a single Bharat Stage -IV (BS-IV) motor vehicle that had been fraudulently sold and registered in the State, after the deadline fixed by the Supreme Court, continues to ply on the roads. It…

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President Droupadi Murmu appoints four more judges to Madras High Court

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed four judicial officers: R. Sakthivel, P. Dhanabal, C. Kumarappan and K. Rajasekar as additional judges of the Madras High Court for a period of two years. With their appointment, the working strength of the court will increase to 65, as against the sanctioned strength of…

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File counter to case seeking rent-free residential quarters for all college/school teachers, Madras High Court directs T.N. government

The Madras High Court on Thursday called for the counter affidavit of the Tamil Nadu government to a public interest litigation petition that insisted on the providing of rent-free residential quarters for the teachers of all government and private schools and colleges in the State.

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Madras High Court rules against conduct of heli tourism as part of Nilgiris summer festival

“The fragile eco-system and vulnerability of this bio-diverse region cannot be the victim of crass commercialism, that too in such an unplanned and careless fashion,” the Madras High Court remarked on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, while restraining the Tamil Nadu government from permitting heli tourism as part of the ongoing…

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Madras High Court appoints retired judge S. Jagadeesan as administrator of Pachaiyappa’s Charitable Trust

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Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu not to commence heli tourism in Ooty till next week

The Madras High Court on May 11 put a hold on heli tourism in Ooty, planned as part of the ongoing summer festival in the Nilgiris, till next week

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Madras HC brings curtains down on special courts established in 2011 for exclusive trial of land grab cases

The Madras High Court has brought the curtains down on special courts that were established across the State in 2011, during the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) regime led by the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, for exclusively trying cases of land grabbing

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No answers even months after atrocity

The Dalit victims at Vengaivayal village in Pudukottai deserve justice

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‘Fair and Remunerative Price’ fixed by Centre for sugarcane is not a fair market price at all, says Madras High Court

In a judgement that has come as a shot in the arm for sugarcane farmers, the Madras High Court has said the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) fixed by the Centre for their produce was in reality not the fair market price at all, and that small and marginal farmers…

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Upload revised alignment map on website within 24 hours, Madras High Court directs Chennai Metro Rail Limited

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to upload on its website, a map of the realigned route, finalised between Madhavaram Milk colony and Murari Hospital, after it the giving up the earlier plan to take a circuitous route to establish the Thapalpetti metro station…

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Consider making it mandatory for private schools to only purchase buses built by authorised builders, Madras High Court directs T.N.

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to consider a representation made by a public interest litigant, and ascertain if it would be possible to make it mandatory for all private schools to purchase only buses that had bodies built by builders authorised by the Automotive Research…

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Madras High Court refuses to issue omnibus direction to Magistrates to adhere to prescribed timeframe in cases of possession of secured assets

The Madras High Court has refused to issue a direction to its Registrar General to circulate a notification requiring all subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu to strictly adhere to the prescribed timeframe while assisting banks and financial institutions to take possession of secured assets, under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of…

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PIL in Madras High Court wants T.N. to identify coastal erosion-prone areas and construct shore wedge reefs

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to the State government to identify the vulnerable places that are prone to coastal erosion, and to construct shore wedge reefs, besides carrying out sand nourishment as expeditiously as possible in order to save…

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Law student moves Madras High Court complaining about “exorbitant” enrolment fees demanded by Bar Council of T.N. and Puducherry

A student of the Tamil Nadu National Law University in Tiruchi has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court against the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry’s (BCTNP) insistence that law graduates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes pay ₹11,100 and others, ₹14,100 to get enrolled with…

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