Madras HC calls for guidelines for transparent selection of Law Officers...
The Madras High Court yesterday directed the state government to frame definite guidelines for the selection of law officers appearing in the High Court. The Court ordered the same in a PIL filed by...
View ArticleNo blanket waiver of Highway Liquor Ban in Municipal areas: Madras HC [Read...
The Madras High Court has clarified that while the Supreme Court-imposed highway liquor ban may not apply to municipal areas, applications to set up liquor shops within municipal limits must be...
View ArticleMinimum wage must be basis for compensation unless actual wage higher, Madras...
In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court reiterated that compensation payable for the death of employees must be based on the wages payable under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, unless the employee’s...
View ArticleMadras HC issues directions for peaceful shifting of TN Dr Ambedkar Law...
The Madras High Court has recently passed some directions to ensure that the shifting of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College to its new campuses is carried out without any further...
View ArticleForwarding message equal to endorsing: Madras HC denies S Ve Shekher...
The Madras High Court yesterday dismissed an anticipatory bail application moved by BJP leader S Ve Shekher, even as he faces the prospect of being charged for a controversial Facebook post made by him...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court held on Forgery under IPC [Read Judgment]
In a judgment rendered yesterday, a Supreme Court Bench of Justices NV Ramana and Abdul Nazeer emphasised that an offence of forgery cannot be made out unless the accused himself has made the forged...
View ArticleAllowing students to write arrear exams is a concession, cannot be claimed as...
Justice S Vaidyanathan of the Madras High Court recently observed that permitting students to write arrears examinations is only a concession given by university on humanitarian grounds, and the same...
View ArticleMadras HC frowns upon filing of Habeas Corpus petitions in missing persons...
The Madras High Court recently emphasised that Habeas Corpus petitions cannot be filed in missing persons cases, particularly when there is nothing to show that the person in question has not been...
View ArticleBail is the rule, Jail the exception: Madras HC reprimands authorities
In an order passed yesterday, the Madras High Court made a note to highlight the two oft-neglected cardinal principles, namely that bail is the rule and jail is the exception, and persons accused of...
View ArticleTheory that there cannot be prior restraint of media stands diluted after...
In an order passed earlier this week, the Madras High Court cited the right to privacy – as laid down in the Justice KS Puttaswamy case – to restrain a media house from publishing articles touching...
View ArticleMadras HC aids mother’s quest for recognition as sole parent of child by...
In an interesting turn of events, the intervention of the Madras High Court proved crucial to a single mother’s quest to be recognised as the sole parent of her child, born out of the intrauterine...
View ArticleSupreme Court grants protection against arrest to BJP leader S Ve Shekher
A couple of weeks after the Madras High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to him, BJP leader S Ve Shekher today obtained protection against arrest from the Supreme Court. The matter came up...
View ArticleMadras HC stays construction of Vedanta copper plant in Thoothukudi
In the background of the police shooting that killed eleven protesters at Thoothukudi, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has granted an interim stay on the construction of a copper smelting...
View ArticlePIL in Madras High Court seeks probe into Police firing in Sterlite protest
A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in Madras High Court by three lawyers seeking a probe into the Police firing on people protesting against Sterlite Copper Plant of Vedanta in...
View ArticleJustice MM Sundresh upholds TRAI Tariff Order and Interconnection Regulations
Justice MM Sundresh of the Madras High Court has upheld the validity of the Tariff Order and Interconnection Regulations introduced by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) last year, concurring...
View ArticleMadras HC issues notice in PIL calling for CBI probe into Thoothukudi Police...
The Division Bench of Justices P Velmurugan and T Ravindran on Friday issued notice in a PIL praying for a CBI probe into the May 22 police shooting on unarmed civilians protesting the expansion of the...
View ArticleMadras HC calls for ban on homework for Class I and II students, pushes for...
In an effort to prevent the destruction of young minds by a faulty Indian educational system that children are thrust into, Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court has ordered a prohibition on...
View ArticleThoothukudi-Vedanta Police Firing: Madras HC orders videographed post-mortem...
Even as the Vedanta’s controversial copper plant at Thoothukudi faces closure, the fallout of the May 22 police violence which eventually claimed thirteen civilian lives is yet to die down. The...
View ArticlePrivacy of Public Figures and the Chilling Effect on Free Speech
Sidhant Kumar The Madras High Court recently in Kanimozhi Karunanidhi v P Vardarajan granted an interim injunction directing a newspaper not to publish any material that relates to the private life of...
View Article7 new judges for Madras High Court; Centre refuses 2 recommendations
The Union Law Ministry has cleared seven out of the nine names recommended for elevation to the Madras High Court by the Supreme Court Collegium in December last year. PT Asha, M Nirmal Kumar,...
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