Madras HC issues notice in challenge to constitution of Authorities for...
The Revenue Bar Association (RBA) has challenged the constitution of the Authority for Advanced Ruling (AAR) and the Appellate AAR under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the Madras High...
View ArticleMadras HC stays GO mandating 50% Minority Reservation in State Minority...
The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the Tamil Nadu government’s move to make it mandatory for minority institutions to take in a minimum of 50 percent students every year from the minority...
View ArticleWhat the Madras HC directed for the expeditious disposal of Writ Petitions
Expressing concern over pending writ petitions being needlessly dragged on, the Madras High Court has suggested suitable amendments so that a time limit is fixed for filing counter affidavits and...
View ArticleMadras HC initiates suo motu contempt against BJP leader H Raja for remarks...
The Madras High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against H Raja, National Secretary of the BJP at Tamil Nadu, taking note of derogatory remarks allegedly made by him against the...
View ArticleContempt notice against H Raja: Attempt to dent Judiciary would promote...
Following a dramatic trail of events, the Madras High Court Bench of Justices CT Selvam and Nirmal Kumar today initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against BJP National Secretary, H Raja. Raja drew...
View ArticleMadras HC issues Guidelines for conduct of Unnatural Death cases u/s 174 CrPC
The Madras High Court has clarified that in cases of unnatural deaths registered under Section 174 of the CrPC, the police cannot close the case by merely submitting a report to the Executive...
View ArticleMaintain status quo before Madras HC order, Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi moves...
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has approached the Supreme Court praying for maintenance of status quo prior to the Madras High Court order that curtailed her administrative powers. The...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #108: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #109: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
View ArticleConversations between Prisoner and Spouse should be unmonitored, Madras HC...
The Madras High Court has ruled that the fundamental rights of a prisoner under the Constitution of India entitle him to unmonitored interaction with his spouse. Justice GR Swaminathan passing a ruling...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #110: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
View ArticleNotions of rationality cannot be invoked in matters of religion by Courts,...
The Madras High Court recently had occasion to hold that the judiciary would be slow to interfere in matters of religion. Relying heavily on the observations made by the Supreme Court in the Sabarimala...
View ArticleChennai-Salem 8-Lane Highway: Madras HC order opposed to public policy,...
The Supreme Court today declined to grant an interim stay against the Madras High Court order that had quashed the land acquisition notification for the construction of the Chennai-Salem 8-lane...
View ArticleMadras High Court looking to appoint 180 Residential Assistants to perform...
The Madras High Court is looking to fill up 180 vacancies for Residential Assistants, a newly created post entailing the performance of household chores for High Court judges and Registrars. A...
View ArticleMadras High Court directs BCI to consider Advocate’s plea against 5 year...
The Madras High Court recently came to the aid of an advocate seeking to challenge his suspension from practice on allegations of having misappropriated client property. In the peculiar facts and...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #111: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
View ArticleSenior Advocate C Natarajan passes away
Renowned tax lawyer, Senior Advocate C Natarajan passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning at the age of 81 years. Born on November 9, 1937, C Natarajan obtained his law degree from the Madras...
View ArticleChoice of membership in a Bar Association not of Association but of the...
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (TN Bar Council) recently passed an order reasserting its superintendence over the functioning of Bar Associations. In doing so, it also directed that no...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #112: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #113: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments...
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