Top Law News PIL seeking report on Jaya’s health condition filed October 3, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A PIL was filed in the Madras High Court today seeking a detailed report from the government on the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and releasing of photographs of the meeting she is said to have had with her cabinet colleagues and officials in the hospital, where she is admitted. The petitioner “Traffic” […] Read more » Court featured Jaya's health condition Law Legal News Madras High Court PIL
Top Law News RSS moves Madras HC for permission to take out route marches September 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment RSS has moved the Madras High Court seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu authorities to grant permission to its proposed ‘route marches’ in the state on October 9 to mark the 1000th birth anniversary of saint-philospher Sri Ramanuja. When the petition by RSS Joint Secretary P Vijayakumar came up for admission today, the court posted […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court route marches RSS
Top Law News Madras HC reserves order on DMK’s plea September 30, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today reserved its order on DMK s petition seeking reservation of seats for ST candidates in the coming local body polls in Tamil Nadu. The court reserved the order after the senior counsel for DMK and Advocate General of Tamil Nadu completed their arguments. The court said it might pass order […] Read more » Court featured HC reserves order on DMK's plea Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News 18 new judges likely to be appointed by next week September 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Nearly 18 new judges are likely to be appointed by next week, days after five judges were elevated as chief justices. Sources said files relating to fresh appointments have been cleared at the highest level and may reach Rashtrapati Bhawan in the coming days. While most of the fresh appointments relate to Madras High Court, […] Read more » Chhattisgarh High Court Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rajasthan High Court Rashtrapati Bhawan
High Profile Cases Madras HC reserves order on petition filed by Nalini Chidambaram September 21, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court today reserved its orders on a petition filed by senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, challenging the summons issued to her by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money laundering probe in the Saradha chit fund scam case. After hearing arguments by senior counsel Vijaynarayan and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court money laundering case Nalini Chidambaram petition
Top Law News Explain why TN has not given effect to law to regulate spas: Madras HC September 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to explain to it on September 19 why it had not given effect to a 1997 law aiming to regulate hair transplant centres, spas and beauty salons. Justice N Kirubakaran said the state government must explain why successive governments had not framed the rules and […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Madras HC reserves orders on CrPC Section 482 September 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today reserved orders on the issue of whether Section 482 of the CrPc empowers it to direct police to register cases on complaints by petitioners. Justice PN Prakash was dealing with pleas filed under Section 482 with some seeking direction to police to register a case while others demanding quashing of […] Read more » Court CrPC Section 482 featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News Plea in Madras HC seeks order to police to probe three actors September 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A charitable trust of South Indian Film Artistes’ Association has filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the police to file a case against three noted Tamil actors, including R Sarath Kumar, for alleged misappropriation of funds. Nadigar Sangam Charitable Trust, represented by its Managing Trustee and actor Nazeer, has […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Madras High Court misappropriation of funds plea R Sarath Kumar Tamil actors
Top Law News Madras HC quashes transfer order of officials September 10, 2016 / September 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Coming to the rescue of two Education Department officials in Tiruvarur district, the Madras High Court has set aside the transfer orders issued to them by the District Elementary Education Office (DEEO) following a “bogus” letter sent to it purportedly by the DVAC. It also directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to conduct […] Read more » Court featured HC quashes transfer order of officials Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Madras HC asks TN to form advisory panel for disaster management September 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Seeking urgent action against those encroaching water bodies and endangering life of citizens in the city, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to constitute within 15 days an advisory committee under the state Disaster Management Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan gave the direction […] Read more » advisory panel Court disaster management featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu
Top Law News PIL in HC against section in Continental Shelf Act September 10, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging constitutional validity of a particular section in an act covering maritime offences that prescribes death penalty as the only punishment for certain offences. Ordering notice to the Union Home and Law ministries, a bench comprising justices S.Nagamuthu and M V Muralidharan […] Read more » Continental Shelf Act Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court PIL
Top Law News Madras HC declines to lift ban on camel slaughter September 9, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today declined to lift its earlier order banning camel slaughter in Tamil Nadu and directed the government to ensure that its orders were not violated. Dismissing a fresh plea seeking for a direction to authorities to create slaughter facilities in the state for slaughtering camel, the first bench comprising Chief Justice […] Read more » ban on camel slaughter Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court