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Madras HC direction to Centre on transgenders bill

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Voicing concern over the plight of transgenders, the Madras High Court today directed the Centre to inform it whether a follow up action would be taken to make the transgender bill pending in the parliament a statute. Giving the direction on a petition filed by two trangenders, Justice N Kirubakaran said a decision on the […]

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Madras HC confirms jail term for kin of Sasikala in DA case

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The Madras High Court today upheld a CBI court order convicting son-in-law and daughter of jailed AIADMK leader V K Sasikala’s sister in a Rs 1.68 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case registered two decades ago. Justice G Jayachandran dismissed appeals filed by S R Baskaran, a Reserve Bank of India employee, and his wife B […]

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Madras HC gets one more judge

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The Centre has transferred Justice Satrughana Pujahari of the Orissa High Court to the Madras High Court. Justice Pujahari is likely to assume charge on November 28, increasing the number of judges in the Madras High Court to 54. The court has a total sanctioned strength of 75. The Central government on Tuesday issued a […]

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Madras HC reserves order on contempt petition by DMK

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The Madras High Court today reserved its order on a contempt plea by the DMK against the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner and poll body secretary for not complying with a court order on holding local body polls and excused the officials from personal appearance. The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice […]

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TN SEC offers unconditional apology in Madras High Court

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Tamil Nadu State Election commissioner M Malik Ferozh Khan and its secretary S Rajasekar today tendered an unconditional apology in the Madras High Court on a contempt plea by the DMK over failure by the poll body to conduct the civic elections as directed by the court. They submitted that preparatory steps have been taken […]

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Madras HC stays operation of tender awarded to pvt taxi firm at

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The Madras High Court today stayed the operation of a tender, awarded to a private taxi aggregator for parking and operating a call taxi stand at the Chennai Central railway station here. Justice K Ravichandrabaabu passed the interim order on a plea by Bharathi Cabs Private Limited, assailing the tender notification issued by the Divisional […]

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TN SEC appears before HC in contempt plea

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Top officials of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission today appeared before the Madras High Court in connection with a contempt plea by the opposition DMK against them for not complying with a court order on holding local body elections. State Election Commissioner M Malik Ferozh Khan and its secretary S Rajasekar appeared before the […]

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HC issues notice to punjab local govt department, Khanna MC

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to Punjab’s local government department and Khanna municipal council on a writ petition claiming a Rs-10 lakh compensation each for two dengue deaths. The bench of Justice Rajan Gupta issued notices for December 18, on a civil writ petition jointly filed by Balram Kumar Balli and […]

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R K Nagar bypoll: HC refers another plea to First Bench

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The Madras High Court today referred to a bench headed by the chief justice a plea by the DMK seeking to refrain the Election Commission from notifying the R K Nagar Assembly bypoll without taking action against those named in an Income Tax report over alleged bribing of voters. Justice K Ravichandra Baabu referred the […]

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‘Do you have any scheme to check unemployment among engg graduates’

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The Madras High Court today asked the HRD Ministry if there was any scheme available with it to deal with unemployment engineering graduates in the country. Justice N Kirubakaran was hearing a petition by S K Natarajan seeking a direction to the state government to implement the Tamil Nadu State Level Placement Programme in top […]

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Madras HC expresses shock over enrolment of lawyers without formal education

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The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu Bar Council and Advocate General Vijay Narayan to issue notices to 713 people, who had enrolled as advocates after getting law degrees based on MA degrees of open universities from 2009 to 2016, for cancellation of their membership. Justice N Kirubakaran also ordered lodging of a […]

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Madras HC directs pvt milk firms to test products every 3 months

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The Madras High Court today ordered three private milk manufacturers to get their products tested in a certified lab every three months and submit the report before it, pending disposal of their suits claiming damages from a Tamil Nadu minister over his allegations about their quality. Justice C V Karthikeyan said his July 10 interim […]

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