Category: Madras High Court

Manusmriti remarks: Madras HC refuses to hear plea against VCK leader Thirumavalavan

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Asserting that everyone has freedom of expression and Manusmriti is not a statute book to be read only in a particular way, the Madras High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to disqualify Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader T Thirumavalavan as a Lok Sabha member. The bench dismissed the plea as

Consider making death penalty a punishment for corruption, Madras HC tells Centre

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Madras High Court has suggested death penalty as punishment for corrupt practices such as demanding bribes and asked the central government to consider amending the law to impose stringent penalties to check corruption. A division bench of justices N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi gave its order Monday, while hearing a public

Jayaraj-Bennix case: Madras HC rejects bail plea of accused cops; trial to begin on Nov 11

Source:-https://www.dnaindia.com The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court rejected the bail plea of Raghu Ganesh and Murugan, the police personnel of the Sathankulam Police station, who had been arrested along with eight other cops in connection with the Jayaraj-Bennix father-son duo custodial deaths case in June. The accused sought bail on the grounds that

Judge’s lament that country has become land of rapists should put every Indian to shame

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The other day a Madras High Court judge lamented that India, the holy land, has become the land of rapists, where a rape is happening every 15 minutes. Justice Kirubakaran, his name literally meaning merciful, made the observation while hearing a petition relating to the gang-rape of a migrant labourer in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur,

Madras High Court asks State not to hand over lease deed to granite mining bidder

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: IN a temporary relief to the State, the Madras High Court has permitted a tender for mining black granite in Dharmapuri. However, the court said that the State shall not execute the lease deed in favour of the successful bidder by handing over possession of sites. A two-member bench passed the directions on

Madras High Court dismisses as withdrawn Rajinikanth’s plea against property tax demand for marriage hall

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition filed by actor Rajinikanth, 70, against the demand of property tax to the tune of ₹6.5 lakh by the Greater Chennai Corporation for his Raghavendra Mandapam (marriage hall) located in marriage hall Justice Anita Sumanth accepted a memo filed by the actor’s

Madurai bench of Madras HC issues guidelines for surveying of land

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued guidelines to be followed by revenue officials during surveying and resurveying of lands. The court also directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a circular in this regard within a month. Justice S Vaidyanathan said that if authorities fail to conduct the survey or

Madras HC bench pulls up ASI for leaving Tamil out of list of classical languages

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: A day after Chief Minister Edappadi Planiswami sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to direct Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to include Master’s degree in Tamil as one of the minimum qualifications for admissions to Pandit Denndayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archeology, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court

When will ASI release report on its archaeological excavations in TN, asks Madras HC Bench

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when its authorities would release a report on the excavations conducted by the body in Tamil Nadu. A Bench, comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi, observed that the ASI has so far conducted excavations in nearly 26