Only if there is a dialogue, there is scope for evolution in society. In a significant legal development, the Madras High Court has expressed disapproval of a decision made by the Avadi police to deny permission for a closed-door meeting. This decision was based on a complaint that the event organizers intended to discuss anti-Dravidian […]
In an atmosphere of increasing animosity towards religious minorities by rightwing groups in India, the Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu state recently delivered a judgement stressing the need for religious tolerance towards other religious practices. The Court was dealing with a writ petition from a Hindu man challenging the permission granted by the Kanyakumari […]
Chennai, Feb 19 : The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay due compensation to the families of three manual scavengers who died while cleaning a septic tank at a hotel in Kancheepuram district last week. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose gave the direction […]
Madurai: A law student’s PIL has prompted the Mardas High Court to sit up. The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Union law secretary and the secretary of the social justice and empowerment ministry on a PIL, urging for a section of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), providing for a “mandatory death […]
New Delhi: Muslim clerics have no authority to issue divorce certificates, a High Court in India has ruled, invalidating such decrees already issued by a top cleric in Tamil Nadu state in southern India (Jan 13). This is in line with, a 1997 Supreme Court judgment ruled that church court rulings on marriage will have […]
Chennai: If the full facts related to the late CM Jayalalithaa’s death are revealed, Madras High Court threatens exhumation of body! Expressing doubts over the circumstances leading to death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, a Madras High Court judge indicated that he may order exhumation of the body after a plea before the court sought […]
CHENNAI: A Hindu backward class person, who embraces Islam, shall be considered as backward class Muslim, the Madras high court has held. Justice D Hariparanthaman passed the order and directed Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to accept the application of R Ayesha, converted to Islam in 2005 and applied for a job as a typist […]
