Chennai, Sept 9( BPNS) The Madras High court on Friday directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to take a relook into an office memorandum issued by it on February 3 regarding the fee structure for deemed to be universities and self-financing medical colleges. It is to be noted that NMC had on February 3 issued […]
Madras HC directs state to conduct proper counseling to teenage sexual offenders
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The Madurai bench of the Madras High directed the Tamil Nadu government to give proper counseling to teenage sexual offenders. The court called upon the state government to bring up a mechanism wherein counseling is given to teenagers who are involved in sexual offenses. The division bench of the Madurai bench […]
Justice M. Duraiswamy to assume office as acting CJ of Madras HC from September 13
Chennai, Sept 6 (BPNS) Justice M. Duraiswamy will assume office as the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court from September 13. This is following the superannuation of the present Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari on September 12. The Union ministry of law and justice notified the appointment of Justice […]
SC grants interim bail to activist Setalvad
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad, arrested on June 25 for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame “innocent people” in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, a day after excoriating the Gujarat High Court over delayed listing of her bail prayer. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday […]
Assembly ruckus case: Kerala HC declines to stay trial
Kochi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Kerala High Court on Friday declined to stay the trial in the 2015 Assembly ruckus case in which General Education Minister V Sivankutty and some other prominent LDF leaders are also among the accused. Justice Ziyad Rahman A A asked all the accused, including LDF convener E P Jayarajan and Left […]
‘I stand on my remark on higher judiciary’, TN You Tuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar to Madras HC
Chennai , Sept 1 (BPNS) Well-known blogger, writer, and YouTuber of Tamil Nadu, ‘Savukku’ Shankar on Thursday told the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that he stood by his remarks on the higher judiciary that it is riddled with corruption. He was responding to a ‘ suo moto contempt of court case on […]
TN power minister Senthilbalaji gets relief after Madras HC quashes ED summons
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu power minister, Senthilbalaji got a reprieve after the Madras High Court quashed the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED ). The probe was initiated on the job racketing cases booked against Senthilbalaji and two others. The local police had booked cases against them on job […]
Madras HC grants bail to action choreographer, ‘Kanal’Kannan
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Thursday granted bail to Tamil action choreographer, ‘Kanal’ Kannan alias V. Kannan (59) in a case booked by the Chennai Crime Branch Police for a provocative speech calling for the demolition of the statue of Tamil rationalist and Dravidian ideologue, ‘Thanthai’ Periyar located outside the Sri […]
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry suspends six lawyers including murder accused
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday suspended six lawyers from practicing. Among the six who are suspended one is facing murder charges while another is an accused in POCSO case. The action has been initiated either due to the complaints received against them or because of registration […]
Teachers cannot be booked for advising students to study well, Madras HC
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court single bench judge, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan has in an order passed recently said that teachers cannot be booked for abetment of suicide of students merely because they had asked the concerned student to study well. The observation of the single bench judge came while granting bail to […]