"When teachers, in the interest of the institution and the students, take stern action against them to correct any mistake or to cultivate good habits and get rid of bad ones, such acts cannot be said to have abetted the suicide," the judge said in his order.
Disposing of a criminal original petition from a victim, Justice N Anand Venkatesh said in all cases of unneeded pregnancy suffered by a victim, she need not be referred to the medical board if the length of pregnancy does not exceed 20 weeks.
Kamal Haasan's comment created a huge row nationwide and police complaints were filed in Aravakuruchi against Haasan for trying to create enmity between communities.
Haasan moved the plea after the court earlier refused to quash an FIR against him, saying such pleas cannot be taken up as emergent petitions during the vacation and that if an anticipatory bail application was filed it could be taken up for hearing.
The courts must stop being merciful or tend to have misplaced sympathies in cases of this nature, the high court observed.
Justices PN Prakash and B Pugalendi, on their own, directed that the man be taken into custody and lodged in the nearest central prison for serving the sentence, and disposed of his petition.
Deciding the case filed by advocate Muthukumar, the bench vacated its interim order banning the app, subject to conditions that pornographic videos will not be uploaded on it, failing with the contempt of court proceedings would begin.
Madras High Court's Madurai Bench lifts the ban on video mobile application TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
In a landmark judgment for India's LGBTQ community, the Madras High Court has held that marriage between a man and a transwoman was valid under the Hindu Marriage Act as the term 'bride' would not necessarily refer only to a woman.
The Division Bench, comprising of Justice K.K. Sasidharan and Justice P.D. Audikesavulu, said: "The fact that the central government has persuasive control over RBI would not make its employees central government employees.
The state government issued notification last May and began acquiring lands for the project evoking strong protests by the farmers.
A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana and M M Shantanagoudar dismissed as many as eight appeals filed by the convicts challenging the 2009 verdict of the Madras High Court in the case
The petitioner claimed there had been clashes due to dispute between rival political parties over flag poles.
After the EC's submission assuring 100 per cent use of VVPAT machines, the bench dismissed the petition.
The Madras High Court on Friday said the system of negative marking in competitive exams such as JEE, conducted by the CBSE, requires reconsideration as it acts only as "a bolt in the brain development" of students and prevents them from making intelligent guesses.
The Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that the refusal of a spouse to cooperate in a conjugal relationship after 16 years of marriage cannot be grounds for granting divorce or dissolution of the marriage.
The petitioner also said that steps should be taken to recover money if it was spent by the government from her property citing that she was convicted in the disproportionate wealth case.
The judge granted four weeks interim bail to Nalini and directed her to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Egmore here and furnish sureties and thereafter approach the jurisdictional court in West Bengal and obtain regular anticipatory bail.
Justices K K Sasindhran and P D Audikesavalu of the Madurai Bench also restrained the Vedanta group from taking any steps to reopen the unit.
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday contended in the Madras High Court that late chief minister Jayalalithaa was not a convict in the wealth case as the Supreme Court had abated charges against her and hence, there was no bar on constructing a memorial for her.
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