Madras High Court

Mere possession or recovery of currency notes not sufficient to constitute offence under PC Act: SC

10:33 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: Mere possession or recovery of currency notes is not sufficient to constitute an offence under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act and to prove the charge of the prosecution against the accused, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The apex court said that to prove the charge against an accused, it has to be proved beyond […]

Rajinikanth's health improves, discharged from hospital

Rajinikanth pays tax to corporation for entire year

11:58 pm October 16, 2020

Chennai: Top actor Rajinikanth on Friday paid a property tax of Rs 6.39 lakh for the second half year of 2020-21 for his marriage hall here to the Greater Chennai Corporation. A day after remitting Rs 6.56 lakh property tax, including penalty, for the first half year (2020-21) for his Raghavendra Mandapam, the actor has […]

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

PIL seeks censorship of adult content in social media

11:10 pm August 5, 2020

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the central and the state governments to reply within a month to a plea seeking a censor board for regulating adult content in the social media and OTT platforms. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice R Hemalatha, admitting a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed […]

All private educational institutions covered under ESI Act: HC

10:40 pm July 29, 2020

Chennai: All private educational institutions will come under the purview of the ESI Act and will be treated as an establishment for all purposes under it, the Madras High Court has ruled. The order was passed by an all-women bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice P T Asha which dismissed a batch of petitions moved by […]

Forest dept allowed to kill wild boars, TN govt tells HC

8:40 pm July 25, 2020

Chennai: The Madras High Court has been informed by the Tamil Nadu government that it has permitted the state forest department to shoot and kill wild boars that damage agricultural produce in nine districts of the state. The government made the submission on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by A R Gokulakrishnan from Dindigul […]