The Latest Breaking News from Madras

Madras high court reprieve for injured foreign sailor who rushed to hospital sanctions permission

CHENNAI: Coming to the aid of an Indonesian engineer who stepped on Indian soil without permission, but with injuries and to escape death, the Madras high court has quashed a criminal case registered against him and ordered his immediate deportation.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

Madras high court refuses to quash prosecution against actor SJ Surya

CHENNAI: In a setback to actor/director S J Surya, the Madras high court has refused to quash six prosecutions initiated against him by the income tax department for recovery of over 7 crore tax due.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

Transplant panel approves organ of unrelated donor

CHENNAI: Thanks to the timely intervention of the Madras high court, a 27-year-old chronic kidney patient is set to undergo transplant surgery, as the authorisation committee which was sitting on his request to approve kidney donation from a person who is not his blood relative, has finally approved the donation.

The Times of India · May 21, 2022

Madras HC sets aside convictions, remits 2 cases to trial court

MADURAI: The Madras high court has set aside the conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court in two cases of offences committed by the same gang on the same day — one a murder and the other an assault — and remitted them back to the trial court for…

The Times of India · May 1, 2022

Madras HC directs Puducherry govt to remove illegal banners

PUDUCHERRY: The Madras high court has intervened once again to direct the Puducherry government to remove unauthorised flex banners and boards, hoardings, arches, cut-outs and tatty boards erected on public roads, passages and pedestrian platforms and in public and private properties without obtaining permission from the competent authorities in Puducherry.

The Times of India · Apr 30, 2022

Can’t punish adolescents for infatuation: Madras HC releases boy

CHENNAI: “An infatuation of two adolescents had been given criminal colour and one of them has been penalized. Punishing the minor boy who enters into a relationship with a minor girl who were in the grips of their hormones and biological changes which is otherwise normative development in the children,…

The Times of India · Apr 30, 2022

Chennai: Locals flag relaying of road without milling

CHENNAI: Despite Madras High Court directions and chief secretary Irai Anbu's government order, roads are still not milled before being relaid. On Wednesday, Gandhi street in Perungalathur was relaid overnight without being milled, said residents.

The Times of India · Apr 28, 2022

Madras university restrained from raising affiliation fee

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has granted an interim order restraining University of Madras from increasing the continuous provisional affiliation fee from the member colleges.

The Times of India · Apr 22, 2022

Madras HC dismisses plea for appointment

MADURAI: Dismissing a plea by a woman seeking compassionate appointment for her daughter, the Madras high court observed that the scheme of compassionate appointment is a concession and cannot be claimed as a matter of right.

The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022

Fuel price increase: Madras high court for periodic revision of auto fares

CHENNAI: Revise auto-rickshaw fares periodically considering the fluctuating fuel prices, and put in place a software to do the job automatically, the Madras high court has suggested to the Tamil Nadu government.

The Times of India · Apr 9, 2022