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Cordoning off Ambedkar memorial in Chennai until CM’s visit leads to commotion

Police cordon off Ambedkar Memorial in Chennai until CM visit, leading to commotion and restrictions on public entry.

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Hearing difficulty no reason to deny conservancy worker job, rules Madras High Court

Madras High Court orders employment of conservancy worker with hearing difficulty, citing violation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.

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Madras High Court stops sale of HR&CE temple property in Chennai to cinema production house

HR&CE department saves temple property in Chennai from being alienated to Super Good Films, deemed null and void.

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‘No Caste, No Religion’ certificate cannot be issued by Revenue officials as they do not have authority to do so: Madras High Court

Madras High Court refuses to direct revenue officials to issue 'No Caste, No Religion' certificate due to lack of authority.

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Murasoli Trust land dispute | Madras High Court dismisses plea against inquiry by National Commission for Scheduled Castes

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, dismissed a writ petition filed by the Murasoli Trust, which is associated with the DMK party, to prohibit the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) from inquiring into a complaint of the Trust being in occupation of 12 grounds of Panchami…

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Madras High Court sets aside adverse order passed by single judge against Madras Bar Association

Madras HC sets aside order making adverse remarks against Madras Bar Association (MBA), founded 1865. Bench allows writ appeal by MBA, directs no discrimination in membership. Justice Subramaniam had ordered compensation for lawyer's son admonished by senior MBA member.

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Influential people in society are large-scale grabbers of government lands across the country, says Madras High Court

Influential people illegally grab govt. lands: Madras HC. HC orders Commissioner of Land Admin. to take possession of 45.82 acres & utilise for public purposes. HC finds family members of G. Govindasamy Naidu had not handed over land to govt. & sought patta. HC warns against allowing bureaucrats & politicos…

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High Court directs Chennai Police Commissioner to evict politician from a flat within 48 hours

The Madras High Court on Friday came to the rescue of an elderly couple, who had been struggling for the last 12 years to get their tenant, a politician, vacate a residential flat used unauthorisedly as party office. The court directed the Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police to evict S.…

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Provide reservations for transgender persons in local body polls, Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government

Madras HC directs TN govt to provide reservations to transgender persons in local body polls to bring them into mainstream of society. Judge laments social injustice despite 76 yrs of independence & calls for education to accept differences & end discrimination. Platform for transgender to speak of needs & rights…

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Farmers occupying NLC land will be granted time till September 15 to harvest standing crops, TN govt. tells Madras High Court

Tamil Nadu government tells Madras High Court that it is willing to grant time till September 15 for farmers to harvest the standing crops they had raised on lands acquired by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation over a decade ago for its expansion activities

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Madras High Court judge requests Tamil Nadu government to consider extending conjugal rights to prisoners

Madras High Court’s Justice S.M. Subramaniam, the portfolio judge for Tiruvallur district which houses the State’s biggest central prison at Puzhal, has requested the State government to consider the possibility of allowing prisoners to have conjugal relationship with their spouses within the precincts of prisons.

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Confiscate properties of corrupt public servants and resort to interim attachment too, Madras HC directs Home Secretary, DGP

Judge orders Home Secy, DGP to ensure confiscation of properties in corruption cases; directs periodical verification of properties purchased by officials and their families; insists on providing WhatsApp numbers for people to file corruption complaints.

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Madras High Court dismisses writ petition filed by Agri-Horticultural Society claiming title over property on Chennai’s Cathedral Road

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Agri-Horticultural Society claiming title over four cawnies (each cawny measures 1.322 acres approximately), 18 grounds and 1,683 square feet of land next to Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai. The property is believed to be worth…

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Plan is on to upgrade Semmozhi Poonga on par with Dubai Miracle Garden, T.N. government tells Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 told the Madras High Court that it intends to upgrade the sprawling Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai into a world-class park, by annexing to it the recently-retrieved land from Agri-Horticultural Society. The submission on the government’s plan to upgrade…

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HC orders eradication of orderly system in police department within four months

Conduct inquiry on receipt of complaints of misconduct against top officers from any person, says judge

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‘How can policemen trained to use guns be forced to cook hot dosas and chappatis?’ Madras HC questions orderly system in Police

Says, it’s painful to pen existence of orderly system during 75 years of Independence

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Madras High Court issues ultimatum on abolishing ‘orderly’ system in Police Department

Court directs Home Secretary to act against higher police officials on complaints received from their subordinates

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Both sects can recite hymns inside Devarajaswamy temple, says High Court

‘Vadakalai and Tenkalai sects must have mutual respect for each other’

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SASTRA moves Madras HC against refusal to assign 31.37 acres of govt. land

Says it is ready to give equally good properties in exchange and also pay the differential value, if any

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‘Ensure police station CCTV footages are stored for 12-18 months’

HC directs Home Dept., DGP to make sure that cameras function properly

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