Court

Chennai, March 25 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will get two new judges after the Union government notified their appointments. N. Mala who is the Government Pleader of Puducherry with 32 years of bar experience will be one Judge while S. Sounther who has 28 years of experience as a practicing advocate will be the […]

Chennai, March 25 (BPNS) Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to sanction maternity leave to a woman employee to her third child from remarriage. Justice Parthiban of the Madras High Court ordered the state government to sanction maternity leave from October 11, 2021, to October 10, 2022, with full pay and all other […]

Chennai, March 22 (IANS) Close on the heels of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, A.G. Perarivalan was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India, another convict, Nalini Sreeharan is also seeking bail. Nalini has moved a sub-application in the Madras High Court on Monday seeking bail just as the Supreme Court has granted bail […]

Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) Southern Railway informed the Madras High Court that it was not possible to reduce the speed of trains plying between Palakkad and Podanur to under 45 kmph to prevent hitting elephants. The Railway also told the court that it is not possible to divert some of the trains in the Palakkad- […]

Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) In a major embarrassment to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court ordered the removal of a Government pleader in Periyakulam district munsiff court in Theni district. The action of the court is due to pending criminal case against him. An advocate practicing in […]

Chennai, Madras 16 (BPNS) The Madurai Bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to regulate the use of mobile phones of government employees during office. The court directed the government to frame rules and regulations for the use of mobile phones and cameras inside office premises during office hours. Justice […]

Chennai, March 3 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to former minister and AIADMK leader, D. Jayakumar in an attempt to murder case charged against him. This was following a video of the former minister catching hold of a DMK cadre and parading him half-naked near a polling booth accusing him of […]

Guwahati, Mar 2  The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday stayed the fine and appearance order slapped on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a lower court in a case related to alleged violation of model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha poll in the state in 2019. The Kamrup Metropolitan chief judicial magistrate […]

Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed a review petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) against an order of the NGT slapping a fine of Rs 75 lakh against the power company. The tribunal had taken up a case suomotto over the […]