The Latest Breaking News from the Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Wednesday stayed the operation of a Government Order (GO) issued on March 18 permitting serving of liquor to guests at national or international conferences/summits to be held at conference halls, convention centres (other than those in educational institutions) and in other venues such as stadia…

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed Kalakshetra Foundation to frame a policy against gender discrimination and sexual harassment of staff as well as students of colleges and schools run by it in Chennai, and ordered that the complaints committee related to schools must have parents as well as teachers’…

The Madras High Court has cleared the decks for Advantage Strategic Consulting Singapore Private Limited to prosecute a defamation suit filed against former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy before the High Court of Singapore for having named it in the Aircel Maxis scam.

The Madras High Court on Monday directed National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) to disclose by June 13 the status of a complaint lodged with it by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary in 2019 accusing Murasoli Trust, associated with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), of being in possession of…

The Madras High Court on Monday adjourned to June 8 the further hearing on the original side appeals preferred by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam expelled leaders O. Panneerselvam, P.H. Manoj Pandian, R. Vaithilingam and J.C.D. Prabhakar against the refusal of a single judge to restrain the party from…

The Madras High Court on Monday questioned Kalakshetra Foundation for not having framed a policy to prevent gender discrimination and sexual harassment on its campus

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to declare illegal and unconstitutional an amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Liquor (License and permit) Rules, 1981 on March 18 for issuing special licences to serve liquor to guests during household celebrations, functions and parties, and…

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) advocate K. Balu has said he will file a public interest litigation petition in the Madras High Court, challenging the validity of a March 18 State government gazette notification, for issuance of a special licence to allow the serving of liquor to the guests at conferences,…

Uttar Pradesh's BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao Patel filed a petition in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail after Thoothukudi police filed a case against him for spreading false information in a tweet on alleged attacks on migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu. Read further…