Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence imposed by a trial court on one of the 13 convicts in the 2003 Kannagi- Murugesan honour killing case. Justices A.A. Nakkiran and P.N. Prakash commuted the sentence awarded to D. Maruthupandian brother of Kannagi while answering a reference from the […]
Ernakulam, June 7 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court, on Monday, issued a stay on the recent amendment to Kerala Education Rules (KER), which were introduced in April, for a month. A petition alleging that the amendments made to the KER, amount to a violation of the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, […]
Chennai, June 3 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a social activist for closure and eviction of all illegal resorts in Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) on June 23. A vacation bench of the court comprising of Justices M.S. Ramesh and Mohammed Shaffiq heard the PIL on June […]
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against installing a statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M. Karunanidhi at Tiruvannamalai. The court deferred the verdict after it had been informed that the statue would be unveiled on June 3rd, the birth anniversary of […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 (BPNS) The newly appointed political secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, P. Sasi has sent a legal notice to retired IAS officer Tikkaram Meena against the references in his autobiography on him. There were media reports that in the autobiography of Meena, ‘ Tholkilla Ngan’ to be released on Monday by senior Congress […]
Chennai, April 29 (BPNS) A single bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed all further proceedings in a criminal defamation case against Union minister of state and former Tamil Nadu state BJP president, L. Murugan. The criminal case was filed by Murosoli Trust in January 2021 against L. Murugan for having reportedly made […]
Chennai, April 28 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of Udayanidhi Stalin, son of Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin in the 2021 assembly elections. Justice V. Bharathidasan of the Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by Premalatha. R of Chepauk against the election victory of actor turned […]
Chennai, April 27 (BPNS) In a major setback for the Tamil Nadu government and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) in the Ayodhya mandapam case, the Madras High court set aside the take over the Ayodhya mandapam. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice […]
New Delhi, Apr 18 The Supreme Court on Monday canceled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. A special bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli also asked the accused to surrender […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will be hearing the missing peacock idol with flowers on its beak from the Kapaleeswara Temple, Mylapore, Chennai on April 5th, Tuesday. This is following a Public Interest Litigation filed by Rangarajan Narasimham of Srirangam requesting the court to take a decision on the missing peacock with […]