Madras High Court strikes down amendment on gaming act

Chennai, August 3(BPNS) The Madras High court on Tuesday nullified an amendment brought by the state government to the Tamil Nadu gaming act which banned online games including online rummy and online poker that is played with stakes. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy in their order said that […]

Chennai schools launch online complaint boxes against sexual offenses

Chennai, July 22(IANS) After a couple of teachers were arrested following complaints from students that they were sexually assaulted in schools and even during online classes, the Chennai schools have launched virtual complaint boxes to complain against misbehaving teachers. Schools have created Google forms on its website to lodge complaints and some schools have created […]

Madras High Court prevents state government from purchasing buses that are not disabled friendly

Chennai, July 22(BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday restrained the Tamil Nadu state government from purchasing buses for public transport unless these buses are disabled friendly. The first bench of the Madras High court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy issued the interim injunction on a batch of cases pending in […]

Mekedatu dam issue: Supreme Court likely to hear TN’s contempt petition against Karnataka, Centre on July 27

Chennai, July 14(BPNS) The Supreme Court of India has tentatively listed July 27 as the likely date to hear the contempt petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Karnataka and Central government on the construction of the Mekedatu dam over river Cauvery by Karnataka government. The Tamil Nadu government had moved the contempt petition […]

Madras High court dismissed PIL against the committee constituted to study NEET impact.

Chennai, July 13(BPNS) The Madras High court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Tamil Nadu state general secretary of the BJP, K. Nagarajan against the constitution of Justice(Rtd ) A.K.Rajan committee constituted by the state government to study the impact of the National Eligibility -cum -Entrance Test (NEET) on students especially the socially and […]