Four journalists have filed writ petitions in the Madras High Court to forbear an all-women Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the Anna University sexual assault FIR leak case, from harassing them on the pretext of inquiry and also to return the mobile phone seized from one of them. While V. Ramkumar from Jaya…
Nithyananda. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Friday (January 31, 2025) dismissed a writ appeal filed by Nithyananda, of Bidadi in Karnataka, against Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) departmentâs decision to appoint executive officers to administer the properties of four mutts here. A Division Bench of Justices…
File photo of T.R. Pachamuthu | Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh The Madras High Court on Monday (September 2, 2024) dismissed a writ petition filed by SRM University chancellor Paarivendhar alias T.R. Pachamuthu to restrain the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from summoning or investigating him or his family members in connection with a 2016 medical admissions donation…
An image from the Tamil movie âThangalaanâ | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) cleared the decks for the theatrical release of âChiyaanâ Vikram starrer Thangalaan after the filmâs producer K.E. Gnanavelraja complied with an order passed by the court on Monday to transfer âš1 crore to the…
Representational image. File | Photo Credit: K. Gopinathan The Madras High Court on Monday (August 12, 2024) refused to direct the Tamil Nadu government, Chennai Collector, and Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to jointly pay a compensation of âš10 lakh to the parents of a five-year-old girl who was mauled by two pet Rottweilers at a GCC park…
âHowever, this court feels that the respondent should be warned not to act in future in the manner in which he acted in the instant case,â the judge wrote. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court has warned Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer C.N. Mahesvaran, now serving as Managing Director of Tamil Nadu…
On July 30, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court is set to conduct the next hearing on multiple petitions filed by and on behalf of workers of the Manjolai estate in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. What is happening at the estate? Nestled deep within the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tirunelveli, the Manjolai…
