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Justice R. Tharani assumes office as chief of Official Language panel

Justice R. Tharani assumes office as Chairperson, State Official Language (Legislative) Commission

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PIL in Madras High Court questions Senthilbalaji’s continuation in Tamil Nadu Cabinet

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court questioning the propriety of allowing V. Senthilbalaji, arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on June 14 in a money laundering case, to continue in the Cabinet as a Minister without portfolio despite him being in judicial…

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Madras High Court refuses to stay trial in corruption case against Minister Ponmudy

The Madras High Court has refused to stay all further proceedings in a case pending against Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy before a special court, for having allegedly abused his position when he was Minister for Mines and Mineral Resources between 2007 and 2011 and obtained quarry licences in favour…

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PIL in Madras High Court challenges ban on using the word ‘water’ to sell non carbonated water-based beverages

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on a public interest litigation petition challenging its January 12, 2023 circular which states that non-carbonated water-based beverages should not be sold, projected as ‘water’ in any form, be it in the…

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T.N. Senthilbalaji arrest | Minister is feigning illness, want him back in custody on discharge from hospital: ED to SC

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 21 a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate against an order of the Madras High Court allowing the shifting of arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji to a private hospital.

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A case of propriety versus politics

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s unconditional backing and retaining of V. Senthilbalaji, a political turncoat, as a Minister without a portfolio citing only his “hospitalisation” raises uncomfortable questions.

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Power games: the anatomy of an arrest

Minister V. Senthilbalaji was questioned for 18 hours by the ED and when he complained of chest pain, was initially admitted to the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Chennai

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Madras High Court directs ‘Savukku’ Shankar to pay ₹1 lakh to T.N. State Legal Services Authority in four weeks

The Madras High Court on Friday directed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar to pay ₹1 lakh to the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority, within four weeks, for having made defamatory remarks against Minister V. Senthilbalaji despite an interim injunction granted by the court on August 23, 2022, and not expressing any…

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Banks cannot use muscle power to recover loan amount, says Madras High Court

If banks have to recover outstanding loan amount, the same has to be recovered in accordance with the procedure established by law. Coercive method of recovery by private agents, if appointed by banks, is not permissible. The banks certainly cannot use muscle power to recover the loan amount, the Madras…

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Madras High Court directs Southern Railway to adhere to conditions imposed for felling and transplanting 285 trees to expand Egmore station

The Madras High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation petition filed against felling of trees for expansion of Egmore Railway Station in Chennai after recording the submission of Southern Railway that it had obtained the approval of District Green Committee (DGC), headed by the Collector, to fell 182…

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Madras High Court allows arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji to shift to private hospital

The Madras High Court on June 15, 2023 ordered that Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji, now undergoing treatment at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Estate in Chennai after his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) early June 14, should be shifted…

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Madras High Court dismisses civil suit alleging Rajinikanth-starring film Enthiran’s script was stolen

The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a civil suit filed by writer Aarur Tamil Nadan in 2010 claiming that the script of Rajinikant-starring film ‘Endhiran’ was stolen from a story penned by him under the title Jugiba in 1996. The civil suit had been filed against the film’s director…

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T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | Madras High Court agrees to hear habeas corpus petition by Minister’s wife

The Madras High Court on June 15 accepted a request made on behalf of Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji’s wife, for an urgent hearing of a habeas corpus petition filed by her accusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of not having followed due procedure while arresting her husband…

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Madras High Court Registrar General sends proposal to Chief Secretary for acquiring 6.51 acres of temple land opposite to Madurai Bench

The Madras High Court’s Registry on Wednesday informed a Division Bench of the High Court of having sent a proposal to the State government on June 10 for acquiring 6.51 acres of temple land situated right opposite to the main entrance to the Madurai Bench of the High Court.

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T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Minister’s wife’s petition

One of the two judges in a Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed by Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji’s wife.

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T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | Madras High Court agrees to urgent hearing of habeas corpus plea to be filed by Minister’s wife

The Madras High Court on Wednesday agreed to urgently hear a habeas corpus petition to be filed by Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji’s wife accusing the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) of having arrested him last night without following due procedures.

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PIL plea in Madras High Court opposing felling of trees for Egmore railway station expansion

Pasumai Thayagam Foundation, a non-governmental organisation led by Sowmiya Anbumani, has filed a public interest litigation petition in the Madras High Court to restrain Southern Railway from felling trees, without following Supreme guidelines, for the expansion of Egmore Railway Station in Chennai

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Panchami land row | Madras High Court grants final opportunity to National Commission for Scheduled Castes to file counter to Murasoli Trust

The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted a final opportunity to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) to file a counter affidavit to a 2020 writ petition moved by Murasoli Trust, associated with the DMK, against an inquiry into a complaint of it occupying over 12 grounds of Panchami…

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Madras High Court to hear on June 15, a contempt plea moved by M.S. Dhoni against IPS officer Sampath Kumar

The Madras High Court on Monday decided to hear on Thursday, a contempt of court petition filed by ace cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni against Indian Police Service (IPS) officer G. Sampath Kumar for having allegedly made contumacious remarks against the Supreme Court and the High Court.

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Activists call Madras HC’s reversal of ban on importing dogs for breeding ‘unnecessary’

Animal activists have flagged concerns over a recent order by the Madras High Court revoking the ban on importing of dogs for breeding.

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Madras High Court sets aside DGFT’s notification imposing a ban on import of dogs

In a judgment that has come as a shot in the arm for dog lovers across the country, the Madras High Court has set aside Directorate General of Foreign Trade’s (DGFT) April 25, 2016 notification imposing a ban on import of dogs into the country.

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Supreme Court seeks detailed report from Madras HC on basic facilities for women lawyers in Nilgiris court

The Supreme Court on June 9 urgently intervened to direct the Registrar General of Madras High Court to file a detailed report on the basic facilities, including washrooms, available for women lawyers at Nilgiris court complex in Tamil Nadu.

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Madras High Court to decide if priests can be appointed before Court-appointed committee identifies Agamic and non Agamic temples in T.N.

The Madras High Court has embarked on an exercise to ascertain whether Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department can be allowed to appoint Archakas (priests) to temples until a committee constituted by the court completes the exercise of identifying Agamic and non Agamic temples in the State.

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Consider engaging additional manpower to implement empty liquor bottle buyback scheme, HC tells Tasmac

Enthused by the response to the empty liquor bottle buyback scheme implemented by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) in select districts at its instance, the Madras High Court has directed the corporation to consider the feasibility of engaging additional manpower on contract basis to handle those bottles

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HC closes appeals related to privilege proceedings initiated during AIADMK regime against Stalin, 17 other DMK legislators

The Madras High Court closed a batch of writ appeals filed in 2020 by the then Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary and the Privileges Committee against an interim stay order passed by a single judge in September that year against the breach of privilege proceedings initiated against then Leader of Opposition…

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