Source – asianage.com A retired government official in Chennai is at his wits end. About a decade ago, the senior citizen had complained to the police in Western Tamil Nadu about his land being grabbed by a relative, armed with allegedly forged documents. The complainant claimed that one of the accused persons, convicted in similar
Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court has directed the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (Transtan) to make an endeavour to facilitate an early kidney transplantation for a 62-year-old patient, suffering from chronic renal disease since 1991. He is yet to get a cadaveric transplant, despite having registered with the authority on February 18, 2016.
Source – newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Madras High Court judge Anitha Sumanth on Monday recused herself from hearing the plea moved by Karti Chidambaram and his wife seeking to stall the proceeding before the special court pertaining to the case filed by the Income Tax department in the alleged non-disclosure of income by the duo to a
Source – opindia.com The counsel appearing on behalf of the Income Tax department had requested recusal of the Madras HC judge for the tax evasion case involving Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi citing that the justice before being elevated to the position of Madras HC judge served as lawyer for Karti and his
Source – newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday imposed a cost of `25,000 on a man from Thoothukudi for wasting the court’s time by filing a false petition alleging the abduction of a ward councillor. A Bench comprising Justices T Raja and B Pugalendhi imposed the punishment on one
Source – newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court imposed Rs 15,000 cost on a man for filing a ‘false’ plea alleging the abduction of his father, who is a panchayat ward councillor from Mudukulathur in Ramanathapuram. A Bench, comprising justices T Raja and B Pugalendhi, passed the order against one S
Source – news18.com Chennai: The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a petition moved by mining major Vedanta Limited challenging the closure of its copper smelter unit in Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu in May 2018. Concluding the hearing of arguments after 39 days, a special bench of Justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan said
Source – indialegallive.com The DMK and its allies went ahead with their anti-CAA-NRC protest rally in Chennai and other Tamil Nadu cities after the Madras High Court directed video graphing of the rally was being held despite denial of permission by the police. The rally led by the DMK president MK Stalin, state Congress chief
Source – thehindu.com Eight serving judicial officers in the cadre of District Judge have moved the Supreme Court claiming that since 2017 the Madras High Court collegium continued to ignore their names, as well as that of six others belonging to their batch, and instead recommended their “juniors” for elevation as judges of the High
Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a write petition filed by VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan to declare as unconstitutional an ordinance promulgated by the State government on November 20 for changing the mode of election to the posts of mayors and municipal chairpersons from direct to indirect. Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap
