Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 20 (IANS) The Madras High Court has orally directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to refrain from proceeding with its investigation into the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) in an alleged money laundering case until the next hearing on March 25. A division bench comprising Justice M.S. Ramesh … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator, S. Seeman, has approached the Madras High Court seeking to club all 50 FIRs registered against him across Tamil Nadu over his speech criticising Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) founder E.V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar. The petition has been … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 11 (IANS) A lecture titled ‘How to Spread Christianity in India’, scheduled for March 14 at the University of Madras, has been cancelled following protests from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Hindu organisations, and widespread outrage on social media. The event, part of the Sir S Subramania … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 11 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) provisional attachment of property worth Rs 10 crore belonging to renowned Tamil filmmaker S. Shankar in the ‘Enthiran’ copyright case. A division bench, comprising Justice M. S. Ramesh and Justice N. Senthilkumar, granted the stay … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 10 (IANS) The Madras High Court has granted bail to two police officers who were booked in an extortion case by the Chennai police. Justice Sunder Mohan, in his order on Monday, ruled that Sub-Inspector Sunny Lloyd and Special Sub-Inspector T. Rajasingh were entitled to bail on the … Read more
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) The Madras High Court directed the Centre to restore access to the website of Tamil magazine ‘Ananda Vikatan’. The court also ordered the magazine to remove the controversial cartoon from the website. The website had been blocked, allegedly due to a derogatory cartoon published in Vikatan’s online magazine, ‘Vikatan Plus’, of … Read more
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Acting swiftly on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium, the Centre on Tuesday cleared the appointment of 4 permanent judges in the Madras High Court. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint … Read more
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court has refused to strike down an election petition filed by Vijaya Prabhakaran, son of late DMDK leader Vijayakanth, challenging the Lok Sabha victory of Congress MP Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar. Justice N. Sathish Kumar, on Tuesday, directed that the issues in the case be framed for trial … Read more
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government, seeking its response to a petition challenging the preventive detention of Gnanasekaran, who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a student of the Anna University. A division bench of Justice M.S. Ramesh and Justice N. Senthilkumar heard the … Read more