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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

Madras High Court refuses to issue omnibus direction to Magistrates to adhere to prescribed timeframe in cases of possession of secured assets

The Madras High Court has refused to issue a direction to its Registrar General to circulate a notification requiring all subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu to strictly adhere to the prescribed timeframe while assisting banks and financial institutions to take possession of secured assets, under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of…

The Hindu · May 9, 2023

National Commission for Scheduled Castes cannot pass permanent/interim injunction orders, rules Madras High Court

The National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) can exercise the power of civil courts only for the limited purpose of summoning individuals, requiring production of documents, receiving evidence on affidavits and so on but not for issuing permanent or interim injunctions, the Madras High Court has ruled.

The Hindu · May 6, 2023

Madras High Court clears decks for release of Vijay Antony-starrer ‘Pichaikkaran 2’

The Madras High Court on Friday, cleared the decks for the release of Vijay Antony starrer ‘Pichaikkaran 2’ by dismissing an application by V. Rajaganapathy of Mangadu Amman Movies, urging the court to injunct the release of the movie on the grounds that it infringed his copyright over the storyline.

The Hindu · May 5, 2023

PIL in Madras High Court seeks a ban on multilingual movie The Kerala Story

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for banning the multilingual movie The Kerala Story

The Hindu · May 3, 2023

Special team constituted to probe 2019 case of defrauding of depositors to the tune of ₹1,000 crore, Madras High Court told

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has informed Madras High Court of having constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the charges of Universal Trading Solution Private Limited, a firm based in Coimbatore, of having cheated nearly 73,000 depositors in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka to the tune of…

The Hindu · May 3, 2023

Laying of foundation stone for Kallakurichi Collectorate on temple land even before acquiring it was indeed illegal, says Madras HC

The Madras High Court has agreed that it was illegal on the part of former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to have laid the foundation stone in October 2020 for construction of Kallakurichi Collectorate complex on 34.817 acres of land owned by Ardhanareeswarar temple

The Hindu · May 2, 2023

Plastic manufacturers in T.N. move Madras High Court, say local manufacturers put at disadvantage due to State regulations

The manufacturers have said they are unable to obtain the Extended Producers’ Liability authorisation from the Central Pollution Control Board, due to T.N.’s refusal to provide ‘consent to operate’ certificates after the imposition of the plastics ban; this has allowed manufacturers from other States an advantage, and plastics continue to…

The Hindu · May 1, 2023

Dynamics and dimensions of legal education have undergone sea change, says Judge

The dynamics and dimensions of legal education have undergone a sea change as he never got to listen to jurists of his time in 1983, said M. Sundar, Judge, Madras High Court

The Hindu · Apr 28, 2023