Chennai, Nov 16 (BPNS) The decision of the Supreme Court collegium to transfer  Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya High Court has now become official after the Union government formally notified it on Monday. A statement from the Justice Department, Government of India read,” In exercise of the power conferred under the […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has served notice to the producers and makers of the Malayalam movie ‘Kurup’ that hit theaters on Friday, November 12. Public interest litigation was filed by a Kochi native stating that the movie will infringe upon the privacy of the family of wanted Criminal Sukumara Kurup on […]

Chennai, Oct 28( BPNS) The Madras High Court on Thursday flagged the ambitious programme of the state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department to melt temple gold and deposit them in banks. The HR&CE department was planning to get huge money as interest by depositing these gold bars in banks. The order was passed […]

Chennai, Oct 27 ( BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday turned down a plea by the Special DGP of Tamil Nadu Police, to transfer sexual harassment against him on a complaint by a woman IPS officer. The Special DGP wanted the case to be transferred from the Villupuram Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court to […]

Chennai, Oct 27 (BPNS) The Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, R. Shanmugasundharam told the Madras High court that the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department would constitute district-level committees to appoint trustees in temples under it in a span of four weeks. The AG informed the court that the HR&CE department has already issued […]

Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) Madras High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a Chennai-based animal rights group against the hunting down of the killer tiger at Gudallore on Tuesday. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Adikesavalu will hear the petition […]

Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The first bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the state forest department not to go for the kill of the elusive MDT23 tiger immediately. The court was responding to a Public Interest Litigation filed by an animal rights group, People for Cattle in India (PFCI). The animal rights […]

Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The Madras High court directed the State Election Commission of the Puducherry Union Territory to withdraw the local body poll notification and issue a fresh one to hold the elections. The first bench of the Madras High court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Adikesavalu on Tuesday directed […]

Chennai, Oct 1 (BPNS) A 29-year-old Flight Lieutenant with the Indian Air Force who was charged for allegedly raping his colleague at the IAF Administrative college at Red Fields, Coimbatore was handed over to the Air Force. Judge (in-charge) N. Thilageswari of the Mahila Court, Coimbatore directed the police to hand over the case to […]

Chennai, Oct 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) has agreed to continuous video recording of as many polling booths as possible. The submission was made by the Tamil Nadu, Advocate General, S. Shanmugasundaran before the first bench of the Madras High court on Friday. The first bench of the Madras High Court […]