HC initiates contempt proceedings against TN DGP, others, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Chennai, The Madras High Court has initiated on its own contempt proceedings against Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) and his nine subordinates after finding they had failed to adhere to principles laid down by the Supreme Court while effecting an arrest.Justice S M Subramaniam, who initiated the proceedings,...

HC pulls up cop for carrying probe on wrong crime, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Chennai, The Madras High Court has indicted the Inspector attached to Sembium police station here for taking advantage of a typographical error in mentioning a crime number in an order and proceeding further with the probe in the case despite a HC order transferring the same to another official. This...

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Chennai, Capitation fees collected by educational institutions and trusts can neither be treated as donations nor voluntary contributions and they would certainly attract levy of income-tax, a division bench of the Madras High Court ruled on Monday. The bench of Justices R Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq gave the ruling, while...