The Madras High Court has said the mere absence of injury on the body of a sexually abused minor cannot be a ground to say there has been no offence committed at all.
The Madras High Court has taken a serious view of a sessions judge awarding lesser punishment to two murder convicts instead of death or life imprisonment as provided in the statute and sought an explanation within three days.
The bench noted that since the students impersonated and got admission by writing the examination outside the state, the fraud should be an all-India phenomenon and many students in various states should have got admission by impersonation.
A month after an illegal banner led to the death of 23-year-old techie Subhasri, her father has approached the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu government. He has sought a compensation of Rs 1 crore.
V K Tahilramani had resigned after the Supreme Court collegium declined her request for reconsideration of transfer to Meghalaya.
Saddened by the news of Subhashree, who died after a banner of AIADMK fell on her, the Madras High Court said that they are tired of passing multiple order against the illegal flex boards on Friday.
Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was transferred by the Supreme Court collegium, which also declined her appeal to reconsider the transfer decision.
The bench also directed the Director of Medical Education (DME) to submit the number of accidents involving two-wheelers and fatal cases due to head injuries. Petitioner K K Rajendran has sought a direction to the government to implement the Motor Vehicle Act provisions that make compulsory wearing of helmet by two-wheeler and pillion riders.
The court was hearing a petition initiated by itself after taking note of a newspaper report on blocked access routes to a cremation ground for Dalits in Vellore district, forcing the community members to lower the dead bodies of their relatives from a bridge with the help of ropes into a nearby riverbed for the past four years.
A division bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad made it clear that it was not inclined to entertain the prayer for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts but was only trying to navigate ways to curb online crime with the cooperation of social media companies.
The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking extension of the 'darshan' days for Athi Varadar in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram. According to Kancheepuram district administration, Friday is the last day for public 'darshan' of Athi Varadar. Now, Devotees will be able to 'darshan' after 40 years.
The central government approached the high court after the Supreme Court refused to hear Bedi's direct appeal, which had bypassed the former's division bench, against the April 30 order.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, provide a house and a job to a pregnant woman who was transfused with HIV-infected blood in a government hospital at Virudhunagar district.
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday assured the Assembly it would not hesitate to move the Madras High Court to ascertain the reasons for return of two Bills by the Centre over excluding the state from the ambit of NEET.
Founder of popular South Indian food chain 'Saravana Bhavan' P Rajagopal surrendered before a sessions court in Chennai on Tuesday to serve life term in a murder case hours after the Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking more time.
Centre's Land Acquisition Act: The Madras High Court has declared as "illegal" an amendment made by the Tamil Nadu government to the Centre's Land Acquisition Act, exempting three state legislations from its purview. It also made it clear that all land acquisitions made by the state government under the three state legislations on or after September 27, 2013, were "illegal."
WhatsApp with over 300 million users in India has become the one-stop shop for the circulation of videos showing scantily-clad girls dancing to vulgar tunes, adult jokes and explicit "funny" messages presented by homely girls being created in the narrow dingy by-lanes of small towns on such Chinese apps.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observation on Friday while directing the Chennai Commissioner of Police to permit Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO, to hold a demonstration highlighting the present water crisis in the city and the causes for it on June 30 near Valluvarkottam here.
The Madras High Court Tuesday granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on July 5 and argue on her plea for six months ordinary leave to make arrangements for her daughter's wedding.
The Tamils crossed the narrow strip of sea dividing Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu way back with a view to make India their permanent home but the Centre has refused to give them citizenship all these years.
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