Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday canceled the land acquisition announcements for the controversial eight-lane expressway between Chennai-Salem. The state government issued notification last May and began acquiring lands for the project evoking strong protests by the farmers. The PMK and others had filed a case in the High[Read More…]
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NEET 2018: SC scraps decision to award 196 grace marks to candidates who took the exam in Tamil
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of Madras High Court over awarding the 196 grace mark for students, writing exams in Tamil under National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 24,000 students were earlier given the grace mark for writing the exam in their native language. A[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: With 20 seats vacant, it will be mini-assembly poll
Chennai: A total of 20 assembly seats are vacant in Tamil Nadu as of Thursday following the Madras High Court judgment in the AIADMK MLAs case and it will be a sort of mini-assembly elections if bypolls are to held simultaneously. The bypolls for 20 seats will be an acid[Read More…]
HC upholds TN Speaker’s decision disqualifying 18 TN MLAs
Chennai: The Supreme Court appointed third judge, Justice M. Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court, on Thursday upheld the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker’s decision disqualifying 18 AIADMK legislators in 2017. Pronouncing his decision in the split verdict that had previously been delivered, Sathyanarayanan upheld Speaker P. Dhanapal’s disqualification order. With[Read More…]
Recruitment Scam: Madras High Court gives Central Crime Branch 3 months to complete probe
Central Crime Branch (CCB) police gets three months’ time during a hearing on Wednesday from Madras High Court to complete the ongoing investigation into recruitment scam and then file a comprehensive report in the case. CCB has been asked to probe Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) Group-I recruitment scam.[Read More…]
Is Congress planning to boycott general election 2019?
Congress along with other like-minded opposition parties in states are planning to call a stir to protest against the present mode of voting in India. According to a reliable source, all the non-BJP parties are coming together on one platform with a demand to switch back to the previous mode[Read More…]
100 case records go missing from retired judge’s house: Madras HC
Chennai: Papers related to around 100 cases sent to the residence of a retired judge of the Madras high court had ‘disappeared’ following which the court has ordered a CBI probe into the matter. “It is alarming to note that case bundles hundred in number disappearing… like missing vessels in[Read More…]
Some people attempt suicide to grab attention of authorities, says Madras High Court
Chennai: Making it clear that attempting suicide is an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Madras High Court has observed that some people do it to grab the attention of authorities. The court said that people should approach the court rather than resorting to such practices which are not[Read More…]
Madras High Court allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad
Chennai: The Madras high court on Friday green signalled the overseas travel plans of Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, despite strong objections from the CBI in view of pending lookout circulars. However, the relief is not without conditions. Karti has been directed to inform his entire travel plans, including the places[Read More…]
Madras HC dismisses plea seeking ban on Vijay’s Mersal
The Madras High Court on Friday has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Tamil superstar Vijay’s film, Mersal saying that freedom of expression is for all. The court said Mersal is only a film and not real life. The filmmakers were attacked for “criticising” Centre’s flagship schemes, including the[Read More…]
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…]
Madras High Court to hear 18 disqualified MLAs’ plea
The Madras High court permitted plea of 18 disqualified MLAs, supporting TTV Dhinakaran, for immediate hearing on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu assembly speaker, P Dhanapal had disqualified the MLAs for withdrawing their support to chief minister, Edappadi K Palanisamy on Monday. The MLAs faced action for going against the line of[Read More…]
Setback for Centre, Supreme Court puts nationwide stay on cattle slaughter rules
On Tuesday, the Apex Court ruled that the Madras High Court order of putting Centre’s cattle trade rule on hold will cover the entire country. The Madras high court order had put on hold the Centre’s notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, a decision[Read More…]
CBSE declares NEET 2017 results
The NEET results of 2017 were declared on Friday, June 23 at 10.45 am. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results on its official website(www.cbseneet.nic.in). “Result of NEET (UG) – 2017 has been declared as per the directives of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Good Wishes to[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…]
Madras High Court poses questions to CBSE on NEET
In a recent development, Madras High Court on Saturday directed CBSE, Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Union and Tamil Nadu governments’ health departments to furnish their replies to the 12 questions raised by the court when the NEET matter is taken up further on June 27. The Madras High Court asked whether[Read More…]
CBSE moves SC to lift stay on NEET results, plea to be heard on Monday
On Madras High Court’s decision to restrain the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from announcing the NEET results, CBSE has now moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order. However, the SC will hear the matter on Monday. CBSE sought for SC to lift the stay of[Read More…]
Development on cattle slaughter: Madras HC stays Centre’s ban
On Tuesday, the Madras High Court granted a four-week stay on the Centre’s decision to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter purpose. The High Court has asked the Centre and state government to reply in a period of four weeks over the issue. A division bench comprising Justice MV[Read More…]
No farmer committed suicide over drought: TN govt to SC
Tamil Nadu Government on Friday said to the Supreme Court that drought is not the reason for farmer suicides in the state. The government stated that no farmer had committed suicide in the state, and clarified that those who have, took the extreme step due to personal reasons, The Indian[Read More…]
Madras HC directs TN govt to waive all farm loans
Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans of all farmers in the state irrespective of their land holdings. The court also ordered the government to ensure that no penal action is taken against farmers by officials. Earlier, the Centre had sanctioned a drought-relief[Read More…]
Man claims to be Jayalalithaa’s son; Madras HC asks to prove
A resident of Erode has filed a writ petition before the Madras High Court, claiming that he was the only son of the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Krishnamurthy, who live with his adopted parents, says he was born to late actor Shoban Babu and J Jayalithaa. The petitioner had[Read More…]
Don’t use Jallikattu to gamble: Madras HC
The Madras High Court bench on Wednesday asked jallikattu organisers to view the bull-taming sport as a traditional and cultural sport and “avoid using it for gambling purpose.” “The organisers and the people should see Jallikattu as a traditional and cultural sport and should not use it to gamble,” a[Read More…]
Madras HC dismisses PIL against Pepsi, Coca Cola on using Thambirabarani river water
The Madras High Court rejected two public interest litigation (PIL)’s against supplying water to soft drink companies including Pepsi and Coca-Cola from the Thamirabarani river in Tirunelvelli. The court lifted the stay order from November 2016, stating water supply will not be curbed, according to ANI. The petitioner had accused[Read More…]
Madras HC dismisses PIL questioning usage of devanagiri script in Rs 2,000 notes
Madras High Court bench on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the central government’s decision to use Devanagari numerals on the new Rs 2,000 notes. Justices A Selvam and P Kalaiyarasan rejected the plea after a central government pleader submitted that similar cases had been filed in the[Read More…]
