Chennai, July 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu law minister, S. Raghupathi on Tuesday said that there was no special facility for the jailed minister Senthil Balaji. Speaking to journalists at Pudukottai on Tuesday, the minister said that Senthil Balaji was provided ‘A’ class facilities in the jail which he was entitled as a minister. However, the […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu law minister S.Raghupathi on Wednesday has written a letter to state Governor R.N. Ravi for sanction to prosecute former ministers of AIADMK against whom corruption charges were raised. He also sought the governor’s assent to 13 pending bills passed by the state assembly. The minister has in a semi […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (BPNS) Human rights activist and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, Prasanth Bhushan has said that the BJP government led by Narendra Modi was turning secularism in the country into a mockery. The senior lawyer was delivering the M.P. Veerendra Kumar memorial lecture at Kozhikode on Sunday. The noted lawyer […]
Chennai, May 24 (BPNS) A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in Madras High Court by an advocate against hotels and clubs misusing the bar timings. Advocate Suresh Babu in his PIL said that many private clubs and hotels in Chennai and other cities of Tamil Nadu were violating the liquor vending licenses. The litigant […]
Chennai , Mar 14( BPNS) Prof Dr.S.Sivakumar, senior professor , Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and Former member of Law Commission of India has been elected as the President of Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CELA). Prof Sivakumar is the second Indian to adorn this prestigious posting after the legal luminary , Prof .N.R.Madhava Menon. He is a […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) Senior lawyer of Madras High Court, Advocate Lakshminarayanan was sworn in as the additional judge of the Madras High Court on Monday. Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice T. Raja administered him the oath of office at the Madras High Court premises. It may be noted that the Central […]
Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) The executive summary of a 39-volume detailed study on the ‘Police System in India’ which was a massive undertaking of 75 academicians and 75 researchers was submitted to the Prime Minister. The Attorney General of India, R.Venkataramani was also present. The head of the project Dr. S. Shivakumar who is a […]
Chennai, Feb 2 (BPNS) A group of 21 lawyers from Tamil Nadu has written a petition to the President of India, Draupadi Murmu requesting her to reconsider the Supreme Court collegium recommendation of elevating advocate Victoria Gowri as Madras High Court judge. The advocates which include seniors like R.Vaigai, V. Suresh and NGR Prasad have […]
Thiruvananthapuram, January 30,( BPNS) With the speeding bike claiming two more lives at the Kovalam bypass route within the capital city limits, the State Human Rights Commission has stepped in. The Commission has asked the concerned to submit a report on the steps taken by them to control speeding by bikes. It was on Sunday that […]
Chennai, Jan 28 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has released 60 prisoners prematurely as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ scheme to celebrate the 75th year of Indian independence. According to the Tamil Nadu Jail department 11 prisoners were released from Puzhal central prison, 12 prisoners from Cuddalore and 12 prisoners from Coimbatore central prisons, […]
