Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Justice Vineet Kothari of the Madras High Court on Tuesday asked Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal and Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash to take their morning or evening walk on the Marina beach and its loop road, to ensure that the place was maintained well and was free of encroachments. The senior-most
Source – livemint.com High courts of Patna, Delhi and Kerala rank the highest on their compliance of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 according to a recent study by think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal policy. The think tank developed a ‘Convenience Index’ which evaluates the extent to which the RTI Rules framed by
Source – barandbench.com The Central Government today notified the appointment of new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Madras, Madhya Pradesh and Patna. All three Chief Justices are expected to take charge of their respective offices by November 13, as per three notifications issued by the Government today. Patna High Court’s Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court collegium has recommended new chief justices for several high courts and the elevation of some advocates and judicial officers to others, according to an official resolution uploaded on Thursday. The decisions came earlier this month when the collegium — the high-powered panel of the apex court’s top five judges
Source: deccanchronicle.com Observing that the confidence in the minds of the litigants regarding judicial functions would be shaken, if the vacate stay petitions are not listed within the prescribed time schedule, the Madras high court has directed the Registry of Madurai Bench of Madras high court to adhere to 2016 order as well as the
Source:-deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The Madras high court has imposed costs of Rs 10,000 each on a person (petitioner) for repeatedly filing petitions for the same relief and the Director of Collegiate Education for willfully disobeying the order of the court. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana dismissed the petition filed by A.Nabeela, which sought a direction to the Director of
Source:- thehindu.com The Madras High Court in April had ruled that the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry could not interfere with the day-to-day administration of the Union Territory when an elected government was in place The Solicitor General appearing for Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) on Wednesday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court of a challenge to a Madras
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