NEWS SCAN Six new Madras High Court judges were today sworn in, taking the total strength of the court to 55 against the sanctioned 75. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee administered the oath of office to Bhavani Subbaroyan, A D Jagdish Chandira, G R Swaminathan, Abdul
NEWS SCAN Results of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), popularly known as the common medical entrance exam, have been put on hold by the Madras High Court over petition seeking its cancellation. The court pronounced a stay on the case filed by a petitioner
NEWS SCAN A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Centre to protect Tamils in Karnataka and Kerala in the wake of recent attacks on them in both states over the Cauvery issue and alleged assault on PWD
NEWS SCAN Madras High Court stayed proceedings in all six defamation cases filed against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy by Tamil Nadu government for his alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Justice PN Prakash passed the interim order when Criminal Original Petitions filed by Mr Swamy
NEWS SCAN Madras High Court Advocates Association today decided to abstain indefinitely from all courts and tribunals from tomorrow demanding unconditional withdrawal of recently amended rules to the Advocates Act, which among others provided for disciplinary action against erring lawyers. An Extra Ordinary General Body
NEWS SCAN The Madras High Court today asked Tamil Nadu government to file a detailed report on the postmortem and other details of the elephant ‘Maharaj’ which died in captivity at a camp in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) last night. An interim direction to this effect was issued
NEWS SCAN The Madras High Court today directed the state government to form a committee to check the menace of alcohol consumption, particularly among the youth, and submit a status report within two months. The court’s response came when Advocate General AL Somayaji submitted that a
NEWS SCAN Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has issued a notice to the State Bank of India ordering that applicants defaulting on loan payments should be disqualified and barred from applying for jobs at the bank. In its recruitment drive for Probationery Officers,