Tag: Kirubakaran

HC seeks report on appointment of temple trustees

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, on Friday, sought a report from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department containing details relating to the appointment of trustees and members of district committees of all districts in Tamil Nadu. A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi gave

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 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