Top Law News Madras HC seeks TN’s report on stranded fishermen issue September 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to file a report on the steps taken by it to rescue 62 fishermen stranded in Saudi Arabia and struggling there. While hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Thirumurugan, a relative of a fisherman stranded there, the court had earlier said it was the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court report on stranded fishermen issue Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Look into suggestions on wetland to halt deluge: Madras HC September 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to look into suggestions made in a PIL against mindless conversion of wetland areas so as to avert flooding in the city like last year. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan gave the directive while disposing of the petition which […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil Nadu government
Top Law News Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine September 2, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly ‘Nakkheeran’ Editor R R Gopal. Justice P N Prakash ordered the stay while admitting petitions filed by Gopal seeking quashing of the criminal defamation cases filed against him since 2006 and pending in the […] Read more » Court defamation case featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil magazine
Top Law News Madras HC declines to stay suspension of 79 DMK MLAs August 22, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on suspension of 79 DMK MLAs from the state Assembly but issued notice to the state Chief Secretary on petitions filed by leader of the opposition M K Stalin and another DMK member. The petitions challenged their en masse suspension from the Assembly and […] Read more » Court declines to stay suspension of 79 DMK MLAs featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Madras High Court issues notice to Election Commission August 12, 2016 / August 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Election Commission on two petitions challenging the election of DMK and All India NR Congress (AINRC) candidates from their respective assembly constituencies. R Sakkarapani’s (DMK) election from Oddanchatram constituency in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district has been challenged by a local voter while that of AINRC candidate […] Read more » (AINRC) Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News HC disposes plea against classical status to non-Tamil languages August 8, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court today declined to interfere with the grant of classical status to languages other than Tamil by the Central government. The court was disposing of petitions challenging the grant of classical status to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Odiya and norms governing such conferment. First bench comprising Chief Justice S K Kaul and Justice […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Tamil languages
Top Law News Madras HC under security blanket as lawyers hold siege stir July 25, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Sections of lawyers from across Tamil Nadu are holding a siege protest in front of the Madras High Court here today demanding withdrawal of new disciplinary rules, claiming them to be “draconian,” even as police brought the court premises under a tight security blanket. The advocates belonging to various lawyers associations are seeking withdrawal of […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Criminal Law News HC disposes of Nalini’s petition for premature release July 20, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea by Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini Sriharan seeking premature release, saying it cannot grant her request in view of pendency of a related matter before the Supreme Court. Justice M Sathyanarayana made it clear that the prayer of Nalini, a life convict, seeking a […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case July 18, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Tamil Nadu government today filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Kanchi Sankarachraya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others accused of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 Radhakrishnan assault case. Justice R Subbiah, before whom the appeal came up, ordered notice to all the accused, […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court murder case
Criminal Law News Madras HC upholds life term in acid attack case July 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Madras High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a 31-year-old man in an acid attack case which caused the death of a woman in 2013, observing that the punishment imposed by a lower court was reasonable and proportionate. Dismissing the appeal filed by accused Vijay Bhaskar, a division bench comprising justices S Nagamuthu […] Read more » Acid attack case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News life term Madras High Court
Top Law News BCTP warns lawyers against burning effigy of Chief Justice July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Taking serious view of burning the effigy of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court by lawyers as part of their indefinite boycott of courts protesting recent amendments to the rules under the Advocates Act, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today said the action would be dealt with in stringent manner in accordance […] Read more » BCTP chief justice Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court
Top Law News Rs 570 cr seizure: Madras HC directs CBI to conduct preliminary probe July 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the complaint by a DMK MP alleging irregularities in the the seizure of Rs 570 crore from three container trucks in Tirupur district in the run up to the May 16 assembly elections. Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition by […] Read more » CBI Court featured Law Legal News Madras High Court Rs 570 cr seizure
