Defamation suit by MSD: Zee Media given 10 days to answer questionnaire

MS Dhoni had in 2014 filed a defamation suit seeking Rs 100 crore from Zee Media, IPS officer G Sampath Kumar and a journalist for denigrating his image by linking him with an IPL match-fixing.

02 Sep 2023

DVAC has become a chameleon, takes colour of the party in power: Madras High Court

Taking suo motu revision of order favouring OPS in DA case, judge says the order has set a pattern for others to escape.

31 Aug 2023

Frame rules to regulate matrimonial sites, says Madras High Court

The woman alleged that Prasanna had cheated 17 women through matrimonial sites, targeting older unmarried medical professionals by claiming to be a doctor in the UK.

27 Aug 2023

Blow to OPS: Madras HC dismisses all appeals made against AIADMK GS polls, his expulsion from party

OPS and his supporters filed plaints seeking to stay the operation of the resolutions and EPS’s appointment to interim general secretary post and the conduct of polls to general secretary post.

25 Aug 2023

Ensure quota for trans persons in civic bodies: Madras High Court

Tells collector to remove panchayat president from post for discrimination against trans persons

24 Aug 2023

‘Pattern in discharge of ministers from DA cases': Madras High Court

Madras High Court has taken up suo moto revision of orders acquitting DMK ministers KKSSR Ramachandran and Thangam Thennarasu in separate disproportionate assets cases.

24 Aug 2023

Frame SOP for abortion in minors: Madras HC tells TN govt

Cites SC judgment on MTP Act & consensual sex involving minors

18 Aug 2023

Madras High Court takes suo motu revision of order acquitting TN Minister Ponmudi in DA case

Justice Anand Venkatesh finds illegality in the transfer of the case to Vellore and the hurry in delivering the verdict two days before the judge retired.
 

10 Aug 2023

‘Online gambling addictive, affects social order’: TN govt to Madras HC

Countering arguments of online gaming companies, senior counsel Kapil Sibal underscored that physical space is different from virtual space where the canvass is far wider.

08 Aug 2023

Chennai court gives ED 5-day custody of arrested TN minister Senthil Balaji

The order came on a day when the Supreme Court dismissed the pleas from Balaji and his wife Meghala challenging the Madras High Court order upholding his arrest in the money laundering case.

08 Aug 2023

Madras High Court sentences DRO to jail in contempt case

However, ignoring the order, she had disbursed compensation to several persons. In the meantime, the CB-CID registered a case on the matter and retrieved around Rs 20 crore.

05 Aug 2023

Assistant professor recruitment: Madras HC panel to verify appointment irregularities

The committee will look into the eligibility criteria under the recruitment notification and verify qualifications of every appointee.

04 Aug 2023

NLCIL row: Madras High Court fixes Rs 40,000/acre as compensation

It has also ordered the farmers to vacate the land by September 15 after completing harvest activities.

03 Aug 2023

Bail to Tamil Nadu lawyer booked under UAPA

HC says no reasonable grounds to believe allegation against petitioner is prima facie true.

02 Aug 2023

Order to govt to bear education costs of RTE kids stayed by Madras High Court

Issuing notice to the respondents returnable on September 14, 2023, the bench ordered maintenance of status quo till then.

30 Jul 2023

Isreal Conflict