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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.

The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Mar 25, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Mar 21, 2024

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.…

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2023

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…

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

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

The Hindu · Jul 31, 2023

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.

The Hindu · Jul 28, 2023

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.

The Hindu · Jul 12, 2023

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…

The Hindu · Jul 4, 2023

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…

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023