Chennai, Sept 28 (BPNS) The Madras High Court directed the Inspector General, Registration to inspect the activities of all registered societies registered under the Tamil Nadu Registration Act of 1975 and to take action against those who are indulging in illegal activities. The court was disposing of a writ petition filed by the Pandian recreation […]
Madras High Court quashes defamation case against Puducherry Lt.Governor
Chennai, Sept 28 (BPNS) Madras High court canceled a defamation case against Dr. Tamilisai Sounderarajan, Governor of Telangana holding additional charge of Lt Governor of Puducherry. The case was quashed on Tuesday. The case was filed for an allegation leveled against Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) when she was Tamil Nadu state BJP president in 2017. […]
Madras HC directs TN State Election commission to respond to AIADMK’s plea on rural polls in a week
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to respond to the plea of the principal opposition party, AIADMK regarding the conduct of the rural local body polls and security aspects. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice […]
Madras HC upholds ban on Crash guards and bull bars in motor vehicles
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Madras High court on Tuesday upheld a notification issued by the central government in December 2017 prohibiting the use of crash guards and bull bars in vehicles. The court was disposing of two public interest litigation petitions (PIL) that insisted on effective implementation of the 2017 notification banning crash guards and […]
Madras HC dismisses petition against amendments made to AIADMK constitution
Chennai, Sept 19 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed against the Election commission accepting the amendments made to the constitution of AIADMK. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D.Audikesavalu dismissed the petition filed by Advocate B . Ramkumar Adityan of […]
Actor Vijay moves court against 11 persons including parents for using his name for electoral gains
Chennai, Sept 19 (BPNS) Tamil Super Star Vijay has moved a Civil court against 11 people including his parents, S. Chandrashekhar and Shobha Sekhar for using his name for conducting meetings and for political purposes. The court is likely to hear the matter on September 27. The All India Vijay Makkal Mandram had announced that […]
Madras HC stays 2 sub-rules of Rule 9 in new Information Technology Rules
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The Madras High Court has put a stay on two sub-rules under Rule 9 of the IT Rules 2021 that were recently notified. The court stayed sub-rules (1) and (3) which provide for a three tier structure for addressing the grievances made in relation to publishers, under the Code of Ethics […]
Temple land encroachers be detained under Goonda Act, Madras HC to TN government.
Chennai, September 15 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments( HR&CE) Department to issue a public notification calling upon the encroachers of temple properties spread across the state to voluntarily surrender the lands within a stipulated period of time. The court directed the HR&CE department to specifically mention […]
Madras HC issues notice to centre on writ petition against transferring education from State to Concurrent list
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Union government on a writ petition filed by Arram Seyya Virumbu trust challenging Section 57 of the Constitution (Fourty Second Amendment) Act of 1976. The trust in its petition said that it was through this Section that the subject “education” was transferred […]
Madras HC directs Civil Aviation ministry to consider inflight security announcements in local languages
Chennai, September 13 ( BPNS) Madras High Court on Monday directed the Civil Aviation ministry to consider and pass an order on Inflight security announcements in local language of the origin city and the destination city apart from Hindi and English languages. The court was responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by Advocate […]