Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK legislators, including Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, for voting against the government during a confidence motion moved by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami last year. Dismissing the petition filed by DMK Whip R. Sakkrapani, the court said[Read More…]
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Tamil Nadu: Madras HC extends stay order on floor test; hearing on Oct 4
The Madras high court on Wednesday has said that no floor test would be held in Tamil Nadu assembly until petitions challenging disqualification of AIADMK MLAs are disposed off. The 18 legislators support former deputy general secretary, TTV Dinakaran. They say that their disqualification by speaker doesn’t stand legal check[Read More…]
Madurai: School headmaster sexually abuses 90 girls, sentenced to 55 years in jail
In a heinous incident, a school principal has been held accused of sexually assaulting over 90 girls in a school in Madurai. The Madurai Bench of the Madras HC sentenced M Arokiasamy to 55 years in prison for sexually assaulting the students. The 62-year-old was convicted in the sensational Pothumbu[Read More…]
Madras HC asks Centre to clarify regulatory mechanism for TV contents
The Madras High Court asked the government to clarify the current regulatory mechanism governing contents aired by television channels. The bench comprising chief justice, Indira Banerjee and justice, M Sunder gave this direction to assistant solicitor general, Su Srinivasan. Srinivasan appeared for the Centre during the hearing of a PIL[Read More…]
Singing of Vande Mataram compulsory in TN schools, offices, says Madras HC
The Madras High Court on Tuesday made the singing of Vande Mataram in schools, government offices, private entities and industries compulsory in Tamil Nadu. Justice M V Muralidharan stated that schools must sing it at least once a week either on Monday or Friday, and offices should sing it at[Read More…]
Apex Court orders declaration of NEET results 2017
On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to declare the NEET results of 2017. The court stayed the order of a Madras High Court, which had put a hold on the declaration of results. On June 9, the CBSE had moved the apex court[Read More…]
Declare cow as the national animal: Rajasthan HC to Centre
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday suggests the Centre to declare cow as the national animal of India. The recommendation comes as a number of states in the nation are protesting the government’s move to impose ban on the slaughter of cattle, mainly cows, for commercial purposes. Presently, the tiger[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: Govt asks Madras HC to revise order on relocating liquor shops
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday requested the Madras High Court to revise its recent order preventive the government from relocating or opening liquor shops in residential areas. The government sought modification of the May 8 order. The move comes as government’s revenue has been affected. There is a huge loss[Read More…]
Madras HC stays probe into rape and murder of Dalit girl
AIIMS doctors in Chennai to attend to Amma as government asked to give update to Madras HC
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will now be attended by three specialists from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital. This update was confirmed by hospital sources (HT) and on Thursday morning AIIMS doctors, pulmonologist Dr GC Khilnani, cardiologist Dr Nitish Naik and anaesthetist Dr[Read More…]
Madras High Court ‘resurrects’ Tamil writer Perumal Murugan
The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case filed against tamil writer Perumal Murugan by residents of Tiruchengode. The writer created controversy by his novel Madhorubagan , when people from the right winged organisation RSS burned copies of his book and forced him to recall the entire work. The writer had[Read More…]