Tag: Madras High Court

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has slammed the Centre’s method of calculating the “creamy layer” for wards of persons from “Other Backward Classes” working in PSUs — a key reason behind the rejection of many OBC aspirants for IAS and other elite services over the last five years. In a crucial judgment

Source:- thehindu.com A 32-year-old waiter, who tried to convince the Madras High Court to direct the Union government to issue a blanket ban on the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), faced the wrath of the court, which dismissed his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, terming it as a “misadventure” for publicity, exploiting the current

Source:- ndtv.com CHENNAI:  The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary to produce the video recording of the entire House proceedings on the day of the confidence vote which was adopted amid unruly scenes. The court gave the direction while issuing notice to Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal and Chief Minister K Palaniswami

Actor Dhanush appeared before the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday in connection with the paternity claim made by an elderly couple. Chaos prevailed in the High Court campus as the public and media tried to get a glimpse of the actor, making his entry into the courtroom difficult, said reports. Dhanush

Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The Madras High Court yesterday directed Tamil Nadu Education Department to exempt students of linguistic minority schools from appearing in Tamil language paper. The High Court bench issued the directions in response to petitions filed by Linguistic Minority Schools Management and individual students. According to reports in Press Trust of India,

Source:- ndtv.com CHENNAI:  A 32-year-old man, claiming to be late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s son, has been ordered by the Madras High Court to appear before the Chennai Police commissioner on Saturday. The man, identified as J Krishnamurthy, has also been warned that he would face arrest should the documents he presented are found

Source:- msn.com The Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu Police to arrest a man from Erode, days after he claimed to be the son of late former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Justice R Mahadevan said J Krishnamurthy had “ … not only cheated the court but also prepared forged documents.” Krishnamurthy had filed

Source:- thehindu.com Justice Indira Banerjee, presently a judge of the Delhi High Court has been appointed by the President as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Ms. Justice Banerjee would be the second woman next to Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (June – November, 1992) to head the charted court. Born on September 24, 1957

Source:- india.com Chennai, Apr 4: In a huge respite for protesting farmers of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered state government to waive off loans acquired by all sections of farmers in cooperative societies. According to initial information, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court ordered loan waiver for farmers who took

Source – Moneycontrol News The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday put a four-week stay on the Centre’s notification on cattle sale in animal markets. The interim order was passed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL).. The PIL said that choice of food is an individual’s choice and no one has