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Madras HC panel questions SC decision on special courts for MPs/MLAs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday was informed that a three-judge panel of the Madras High Court…
November 3, 2020
‘India a holy land, now a land of rapists,’ observes Madras High Court
The court was hearing a case relating to migrant labour filed by advocate A.P. Suryaprakasam.
October 2, 2020
SC Collegium approves 10 judicial officers as Madras HC judges
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS): The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday approved the proposal for elevation of 10…
September 24, 2020
Patanjali chasing profits, exploiting people’s fear: Madras HC
Chennai, Aug 6 : Coming down heavily on yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd for “chasing profits by…
August 7, 2020
Madras High Court should rule fast on OBC quota in medical seats: Tamil Nadu
A group of petitioners, in their interim prayers in the Madras High Court, attempted to stop the ongoing process of admissions in postgraduate medical courses.
July 3, 2020
Lockdown not similar to Emergency, cannot curtail bail right: Supreme Court
Citing the ADM Jabalpur case, the bench noted that the right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution cannot be suspended even in an Emergency.
June 20, 2020
Madras High Court grants bail to 31 foreign Tablighi Jamaatis
Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Have 'Suffered Enough'; Have Right To Return To Their Native Country At The Earliest
June 16, 2020
Migrant workers’ plight a human tragedy: Madras High Court
The court also asked the government about the steps taken to transport the remaining people to their home states and whether workers' migration could lead to the spread of coronovirus.
May 17, 2020
Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court challenging HC order to shut down liquor shops
The High Court observed people have blatantly violated the conditions imposed for regulating the crowd in TASMAC shops selling liquor.
May 9, 2020
Madras HC orders closure of liquor shops in TN, allows online sales
Chennai, May 8 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday ordered closure of liquor shops in Tamil Nadu…
May 8, 2020
Woman giving birth after twins not entitled For Maternity Benefits: Madras High Court
Madras, March 4: The Madras High Court has ruled that if a working woman gives birth to a…
March 3, 2020
Madras High Court dismisses case against Rajinikanth
Chennai, Jan 24 : The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed the case filed against actor Rajinikanth for…
January 24, 2020
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini back in prison as 51-day parole ends
Chennai, Sep 16 S. Nalini, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was back…
September 16, 2019
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict Nalini released for a month for daughter’s wedding
Chennai, July 25 : Nalini Sriharan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has been released on a month-…
July 25, 2019
Madras HC dismisses Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s petition
Chennai, July 18 The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Nalini Sriharan, one of…
July 18, 2019
Madras HC orders land acquisition by TN government as illegal
Chennai, July 4 In a set back to Tamil Nadu government’s industrialisation development plans, the Madras High Court…
July 4, 2019
Rape victims shouldn’t be forced to move court for abortion: Madras HC
Chennai, June 22 (IANS) The Madras High Court has said that rape victims should not be unnecessarily compelled…
June 22, 2019
Nathuram Godse Remark: Kamal Haasan gets anticipatory bail
Chennai, May 20: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court granted an anticipatory bail to Makkal Needhi Maiam…
May 20, 2019
SC issues notice on Madras HC’s Puducherry LG order
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on the Madras High Court order…
May 10, 2019
Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi has no power to interfere in govt affairs: Madras HC
Chennai, April 30: The Madras High Court on Tuesday said that Puducherry Lieutenant Governor (LG) Kiran Bedi does…
April 30, 2019
Madras High Court lifts ban on TikTok video app
Chennai, April 24: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court lifted the ban on TikTok video app on…
April 24, 2019
Google, Apple block TikTok download in India
New Delhi, April 17: Google and Apple have blocked the download of TikTok from Play Store and App…
April 17, 2019
Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Madras HC ban on TikTok
New Delhi, April 15: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere, for now, with the Madras High…
April 15, 2019
RBI employees aren’t government servants: Madras HC
Chennai, April 15: The Madras High Court has observed that the employees of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
April 15, 2019
80% youngsters want TikTok banned in India: Survey
New Delhi, April 9: Eight out of 10 millennials living in India want the controversial Chinese video app…
April 9, 2019
Supreme Court to hear plea against TikTok ban on April 15
New Delhi, April 9: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on April 15 a plea challenging…
April 9, 2019
Ban TikTok for encouraging pornography: Madras High Court
Chennai/New Delhi, April 4: The Madras High Court has asked the Centre to ban the Chinese video mobile…
April 4, 2019
DMK Front for court-monitored probe into Pollachi case
Chennai, March 15: The DMK-led Secular Front in Tamil Nadu on Friday demanded a High Court monitored CBI…
March 15, 2019
Apollo Hospital moves Madras HC seeking interim stay on Jayalalithaa Death Probe
Chennai, Feb 9: Apollo hospital on Saturday moved the Madras High Court seeking an interim stay on proceedings…
February 9, 2019
Madras HC strikes down government order on minority educational institutions
Chennai, Jan 30 : The Madras High Court on Wednesday struck down the Tamil Nadu government order that…
January 30, 2019
Madras High Court bans online sales of medicines
Chennai, Dec 17: The Madras High Court on Monday banned the sale of medicines online till the central…
December 17, 2018
Madras HC quashes order for probe into construction of new secretariat
Chennai, Dec 13 : The Madras High Court on Thursday quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s order for a…
December 13, 2018
Hold assembly elections in TN: Chidambaram
Instead of holding by-polls in 20 assembly constituencies, it would be proper to hold a full-fledged assembly poll in the state.
October 25, 2018
Madras HC upholds TN Speaker’s decision disqualifying 18 AIADMK MLAs
Chennai, Oct 25: The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the disqualification of 18 AIADMK legislators. The Supreme…
October 25, 2018
Contempt Case: BJP leader H Raja apologies to Madras High Court
Chennai, Oct 22: BJP Secretary H. Raja on Monday tendered an unconditional apology to the Madras High Court in…
October 22, 2018
Separate lanes for VIPs, Judges at toll plazas: Madras HC
Chennai, Aug 30: The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to…
August 30, 2018
Karunanidhi’s body to be buried at Marina Beach
Chennai, Aug 8: The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed to bury the mortal remains of late DMK leader M.Karunanidhi…
August 8, 2018
Madras High Court issues notice to Kamal Haasan
Chennai, Aug 4: Kamal Haasan is in a spot yet again, years after his Vishwaroopam-1 gave him a tough…
August 4, 2018
Madras HC orders extra marks for Tamil NEET students
Chennai, July 10: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education to…
July 10, 2018
SC to hear disqualified AIADMK leaders’ plea for transfering case
New Delhi, June 25: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea by 17 AIADMK MLAs of the…
June 25, 2018
Sterlite urges Madras High Court to provide manpower, electricity
Chennai, June 20: Representatives of the Vedanta Group-owned Sterlite Copper plant on Wednesday moved the Madras High Court,…
June 20, 2018
AIADMK MLAs disqualification case to be heard by larger bench
Chennai, June 14: A two-judge bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict after…
June 14, 2018
Explain Tuticorin Police firing: Madras HC to Tamil Nadu govt
Chennai, June 1: Madras High Court on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government to explain the circumstances leading to…
June 1, 2018
Anti-Sterlite protest: Agitators killed for objecting RSS ideologies, says Rahul
New Delhi, May 23: In the wake of the anti-Sterlite protests which took place on Tuesday in Tamil…
May 23, 2018
Madras High Court stays expansion of Sterlite plant in Tuticorin
Chennai, May 23: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday stayed the construction of a…
May 23, 2018
Madras HC rejects plea seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK MLAs
Chennai, April 27: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK legislators, including…
April 27, 2018
Former Supreme Court judge Ratnavel Pandian dead
Chennai, Feb 28: A retired judge of the Supreme Court Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian died here on Wednesday.…
February 28, 2018
SC to hear plea for transfer of case of pro-OPS MLAs
New Delhi, Nov 8: The Supreme Court will hear on November 13 a plea by AIADMK leader Semmalai seeking…
November 8, 2017
Madras HC orders Rs 10 lakh each to kin of two girls who were electrocuted
Chennai, Nov 3 : The Madras High Court on Friday ordered payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the…
November 3, 2017
Petition to revoke censor certificate for ‘Mersal’ dismissed
A division bench dismissed the petition filed by lawyer A. Aswathaman, stating that the movie is work of fiction. The court said it is for the viewers to decide and there is nothing in the movie to warrant a ban.
October 27, 2017
AIADMK MLAs’ disqualification case adjourned to Nov 2
Chennai, Oct 9, 2017: The Madras High Court on Monday adjourned the AIADMK legislators’ disqualification case to November…
October 9, 2017
Adverse IB reports stop two judicial officers from becoming Madras HC judges
New Delhi, Oct 7: The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the names of nine judicial officers for appointment as…
October 7, 2017
DMK files contempt plea against TN election commission
Chennai, Oct 3: The opposition party DMK on Tuesday filed a contempt plea in the Madras High Court against…
October 3, 2017
Madras HC orders no floor test in Tamil Nadu till further orders
Chennai, Sep 20, 2017: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered that no floor test should be held…
September 20, 2017
Madras High Court allows a plea of 18 disqualified MLAs
Madras, Sept 19: Madras High Court allows a plea of 18 disqualified MLAs for an urgent hearing on…
September 19, 2017
EC told to decide on AIADMK issues by October 31
The Election Commission has frozen the party's 'two leaves' symbol due to competing claims for it.
September 15, 2017
Appoint officers to stop ‘Blue Whale’ menace, directs Madras HC
MADURAI, Sept 13: As the blue whale game continues to engulf its victim in its dangerous trap despite…
September 13, 2017
Madras HC seeks help from IIT-M to remove online links of Blue Whale Challenge
New Delhi, Sep 4, 2017: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu police…
September 4, 2017
Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu EC to conduct Civic polls by Nov 17
New Delhi, Sep 4: Madras High Court on Monday mulled Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to conduct local body…
September 4, 2017
CBI moves SC on Karti Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 14 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against…
August 14, 2017
HC stays Look Out Circular against Karti Chidambaram
Chennai, Aug 10 : The Madras High Court on Thursday stayed a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against…
August 10, 2017
Madras HC makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in schools, offices
Chennai, July 25, 2017: The Madras High Court on Tuesday has made singing of the national song Vande…
July 25, 2017
SC stays rules banning sale of cattle for slaughter
New Delhi, July 11, 2017: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday extended across the country the Madras…
July 11, 2017
SC stays Madras HC order to waive loans of Tamil Nadu farmers
July 3, New Delhi : Supreme Court today stayed Madras High Court order to waive loans of Tamil Nadu…
July 3, 2017
SC allows CBSE to declare NEET results, stays Madras HC interim order
New Delhi, June 12: The Supreme Court, on Monday, uphold Madras High Court’s interim order restraining publication of results…
June 12, 2017
Madras HC stays Centre’s order on cattle slaughter ban
Tamil Nadu, May 30, 2017: The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted a four week stay on central…
May 30, 2017
High Court bans Shariat court in Chennai mosque
Chennai, Dec 19 : The Madras High Court on Monday declared that a Shariat court cannot function from the…
December 19, 2016
Hundreds of lawyers protest near Madras High Court
Chennai, July 25 Hundreds of lawyers on Monday held a protest near the Madras High Court against the…
July 25, 2016
Differently abled travelling solo to get Railway concession
MARGAO: Deferring to the judgement of Madras High Court’s order, the Railways Ministry has decided to issue concessional…
June 15, 2016
Take legal action to stop illegal hoardings: HC
Observing the menace of illegal hoardings, the Madras High Court directed that the only way to control the…
April 1, 2016
Madras High Court grant one-day parole to Rajiv Gandhi killer
Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts serving life term for her role in the assassination of former prime…
March 8, 2016
Dress Code banning jeans and skirts in Tamil Nadu Temples put on hold till January 18 by Madras High Court
Dress Code banning jeans and skirts in Tamil Nadu Temples put on hold till January 18 by Madras…
January 11, 2016