The Latest Breaking News from Madras High Court

No bar on using the term ‘divinity’ in the name of a political party, rules Madras High Court

Holding that ‘divinity’ is not an overtly religious term and there cannot be a bar on using it in the name of a political party, the Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to register a party, named Desiya Deiveega Murpokku Kazhagam (DDMK), meaning ‘national divine…

The Hindu · May 23, 2023

Four new judges of Madras High Court take oath of office

Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) T. Raja on Tuesday administered the oath of office to four judicial officers who have been elevated as additional judges of the High Court for a period of two years. Of the four, Justices R. Sakthivel, P. Dhanabal and C. Kumarappan had served…

The Hindu · May 23, 2023

Madras High Court orders seizure of all BS-IV vehicles sold and registered fraudulently after Supreme Court deadline

The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police (DGP) to ensure that not even a single Bharat Stage -IV (BS-IV) motor vehicle that had been fraudulently sold and registered in the State, after the deadline fixed by the Supreme Court, continues to ply on the roads. It…

The Hindu · May 20, 2023

Community leaders urge Chief Minister to release Nochikuppam fishermen imprisoned in Puzhal

The leaders said the men – K. Bharathi, S. Rupeshkumar, J. Kosu Mani and Ravikumar – were arrested in cases pertaining to the Marina Loop Road issue despite the government, Greater Chennai Corporation and Madras High Court sorting out the matter, and the fishermen personally meeting Mr. Stalin to thank him

The Hindu · May 14, 2023

Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu not to commence heli tourism in Ooty till next week

The Madras High Court on May 11 put a hold on heli tourism in Ooty, planned as part of the ongoing summer festival in the Nilgiris, till next week

The Hindu · May 11, 2023

Madras HC brings curtains down on special courts established in 2011 for exclusive trial of land grab cases

The Madras High Court has brought the curtains down on special courts that were established across the State in 2011, during the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) regime led by the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, for exclusively trying cases of land grabbing

The Hindu · May 11, 2023

No answers even months after atrocity

The Dalit victims at Vengaivayal village in Pudukottai deserve justice

The Hindu · May 10, 2023

‘Fair and Remunerative Price’ fixed by Centre for sugarcane is not a fair market price at all, says Madras High Court

In a judgement that has come as a shot in the arm for sugarcane farmers, the Madras High Court has said the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) fixed by the Centre for their produce was in reality not the fair market price at all, and that small and marginal farmers…

The Hindu · May 10, 2023

Upload revised alignment map on website within 24 hours, Madras High Court directs Chennai Metro Rail Limited

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to upload on its website, a map of the realigned route, finalised between Madhavaram Milk colony and Murari Hospital, after it the giving up the earlier plan to take a circuitous route to establish the Thapalpetti metro station…

The Hindu · May 10, 2023

Consider making it mandatory for private schools to only purchase buses built by authorised builders, Madras High Court directs T.N.

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to consider a representation made by a public interest litigant, and ascertain if it would be possible to make it mandatory for all private schools to purchase only buses that had bodies built by builders authorised by the Automotive Research…

The Hindu · May 9, 2023