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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 1 (BPNS) The ongoing fisherfolk protest against the Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) suffered a major setback on Thursday as the Kerala High Court observed that the right to protest doesn’t mean the right to obstruct the ongoing construction activities. Allowing a petition of Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited, the court granted police […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 1 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has courted controversy as one of its division benches came out with a slew of observations on the younger generation’s approach to marital relationships. It’s while declining a decree of divorce that the Division Bench of Justices A Muhammad Mustaque and Sophy Thomas made the observations that […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 24 (BPNS) The controversial order of the Kozhikode Sessions Court that included the observation that a sexual harassment case would not prima facie stand if the victim was wearing a sexually provocative dress got eventually stayed by the Kerala High Court. In his stay order, Justice Kausar Edappagath said that the observation of […]

Chennai, Aug 23 (BPNS) Madras High Court has adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by former Chief Minister and AIADMK leader, Edappadi K. Palaniswami challenging the order of a single bench judge of the Madras HC in favour of his opponent in the party, O. Panneerselvam. The case will now be heard by the […]

Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) The Madras High court on Friday came out strongly against the practice of an orderly system in Tamil Nadu police and called for the Director General of Police to provide a report to the court before August 18. Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the Madras High Court said that it was painful […]

Chennai, Aug 11 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer against the state government over its insistence on wearing masks. Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N. Mala passed the orders on the petition filed by Advocate S.V. Ramamurthy who claimed that wearing masks had […]