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Tamil Nadu Suicide Deaths

29 Jul 2022

Madras HC directs TN govt to appoint mental health counsellors in all schools

The government should ensure at least one such counsellor is appointed in each district, Justice N Sathish Kumar said.

aiadmk headquarters

20 Jul 2022

EPS vs OPS: Madras HC grants possession of AIADMK headquarters to Palaniswami

Madras HC said keys of AIADMK headquarters will be handed over to party chief K Palaniswami. The party headquarters was sealed following July 11 violence.

Madras High Court

15 Jul 2022

Removal of mangalsutra by wife mental cruelty of highest order: Madras HC

"Thali around the neck of a woman was a sacred thing which symbolises the continuance of married life and it is removed only after the death of the husband. Therefore, its removal by the petitioner/wife can be said to be an act which reflected mental cruelty of the highest order as it could have caused agony and hurt the sentiments of the respondent," the bench had said.

17 Jun 2022

HC rejects plea by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini, Ravichandran

Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in the former PM Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. They had pleaded for their release without even the consent of the State Governor. The High Courts do not have the power under Article 226 of the Constitution to do so, unlike the Supreme Court, the HC said.

16 Jun 2022

Chennai Metro stations to be more disable friendly, CMRL assures High Court

The high court bench had Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice N Mala The matter was adjourned by the court in 6 weeks The PIL was formed by Vaishnavi Jayakumar

10 Jun 2022

Tamil Nadu Govt to bring Ordinance on online card games

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced that an ordinance would soon be promulgated to take on online rummy. It has constituted a committee led by a retired judge to look into the matter and make recommendations to the state. In 2021, the Tamil Nadu government had enacted a legislation banning online rummy.

16 May 2022

In a first, High Court hears case through Whatsapp; here's why

It was a triangular session, with the judge hearing the case from Nagercoil, petitioner's counsel V Raghavachari at one place and Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram, at another place, in the city, the PTI news agency reported.

Madras High Court

30 Apr 2022

Madras HC grants mother nature ‘living being’ status with rights and duties

Madras High Court has declared mother nature as a ‘living being.’ It will have all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person. The HC passed the order to preserve and conserve nature.

Thalapathy Vijay

18 Mar 2022

Tamil superstar Vijay lands in another controversy due to his Rolls-Royce

Tamil Superstar Thalapathy Vijay landed in a controversy over his imported luxury car Vijay's lawyer claimed they were penalized by 400% instead of 2% A case was filed in the Madras High Court on behalf of Vijay in order to have the tax dismissed

21 Feb 2022

TN school girl death: CBI takes over alleged forced conversion case

CBI team reached Michaelpatti village today The team is led by Vidya Jayant Kulkarni So far, the police arrested the 67-year-old hostel warden

31 Jan 2022

SC collegium recommends Justice MN Bhandari as Madras HC Chief Justice

The collegium, which also comprised senior-most judges Justices U U Lalit and A M Khanwilkar, held deliberations on December 14, 2021, and January 29, 2022, recommended 17 names for appointment as judges in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa high courts.

28 Jan 2022

TN alleged forced conversion case: Madras High Court reserves judgement

The case was originally filed by the victim's parents, who sought a CB-CID probe in the matter and raised questions about the integrity of the Police investigation.

Tamil Nadu girl's death case

24 Jan 2022

TN girl's death case: Madras HC questions video alleging forced conversion

The government sought a week's time to file a detailed report 37 people have been added in the witness list

Madras High Court

21 Jan 2022

Madras HC refuses to restrain SEC from notifying polls to urban body p

Tamil Nadu State Election Commission said that it has given an undertaking to Supreme Court to notify urban local body polls before January 26, 2022.

07 Dec 2021

‘Police killed our son’ alleges family, Madras High Court orders re-postmortem

The mother of the victim named Manikandan, a college student from Ramanathapuram, said that her son had been taken into the nearby police station for questioning after he attempted to flee a vehicle checkpost by speeding away on his bike.

09 Nov 2021

Madras HC warns Chennai Corporation over its failure to prevent floodings

At last five people have died due to rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu and over 260 huts and over 70 houses have been damaged. Surplus rainwater gushed out of reservoirs while several roads here resembled swollen rivers and four persons were killed in rain-related incidents across Tamil Nadu.

01 Nov 2021

Madras HC rejects 10.5% reservation for Vanniars, declares it unconstitutial

The legislation for 10.5 per cent reservation for Vanniars was passed by the earlier AIADMK government The 10.5 per cent reservation for the Vanniars was made within the 20 per cent reservation for most backward classes

Thalapathy Vijay

26 Oct 2021

Madras HC reserves judgment in Thalapathy Vijay's plea to expunge bad remarks

Vijay lawyer said that the single judge had portrayed the entire film industry in a bad light as if it was full of tax-evaders He also cited Supreme Court remarks against such unwarranted comments by the courts against litigants

Madras High Court

20 Oct 2021

Would you commit murder if your superior instructs you?: Madras HC to cop

Madras HC denied relief to cop co-accused in a sexual harassment case The judge asked if he would commit murder if ordered by senior

05 Oct 2021

Don’t shoot the tiger, it may not be man-eater, says HC; Forest dept clarifies

Madras HC asked the Forest dept to not kill Tiger MDT 23 The department clarified the 'Hunting order' was not for killing The predator is said to have killed livestock and two persons

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