Chennai, June 21 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government not to post, police constables as orderlies to Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and instead appoint residential assistants. Justice S.M. Subramanian of the Madras High Court said it was an offense to post a Police constable who was earning Rs 45000 […]
Chennai, June 18 (BPNS) The Madras High Court registry has directed the judicial officers across Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry to celebrate the International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21. The Principal District Judges (PDJs) have been instructed to ensure the participation of Judicial officers, court staff, and lawyers in a 40-minute […]
Chennai, June 18 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will strictly follow Covid -19 protocol from Monday. This is in view of the spiking cases across the country and in Tamil Nadu. The Court has made wearing masks, keeping a safe distance, and regular sanitation mandatory for lawyers, court staff, litigants, and all others who reach […]
Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Friday refused to direct the Tamil Nadu government to release Nalini and Ravichandran, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, without getting the assent of the Governor. The order regarding the same was passed by the first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief […]
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence imposed by a trial court on one of the 13 convicts in the 2003 Kannagi- Murugesan honour killing case. Justices A.A. Nakkiran and P.N. Prakash commuted the sentence awarded to D. Maruthupandian brother of Kannagi while answering a reference from the […]
Ernakulam, June 7 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court, on Monday, issued a stay on the recent amendment to Kerala Education Rules (KER), which were introduced in April, for a month. A petition alleging that the amendments made to the KER, amount to a violation of the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, […]
Chennai, June 3 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a social activist for closure and eviction of all illegal resorts in Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) on June 23. A vacation bench of the court comprising of Justices M.S. Ramesh and Mohammed Shaffiq heard the PIL on June […]
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against installing a statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M. Karunanidhi at Tiruvannamalai. The court deferred the verdict after it had been informed that the statue would be unveiled on June 3rd, the birth anniversary of […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 (BPNS) The newly appointed political secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, P. Sasi has sent a legal notice to retired IAS officer Tikkaram Meena against the references in his autobiography on him. There were media reports that in the autobiography of Meena, ‘ Tholkilla Ngan’ to be released on Monday by senior Congress […]
Chennai, April 29 (BPNS) A single bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed all further proceedings in a criminal defamation case against Union minister of state and former Tamil Nadu state BJP president, L. Murugan. The criminal case was filed by Murosoli Trust in January 2021 against L. Murugan for having reportedly made […]
