Plea In Hc To Procure Gift Hamper Products From Tn, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Madras high court on Thursday sought a response from the state government on a plea which sought for a direction to procure all products for distribution in Pongal gift hampers from Tamil Nadu instead of procuring them from other states.A division bench of justice R Mahadevan and justice J...

Plea In Hc To Ensure Proper Maintenance Of Yanaimalai, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Madras high court on Thursday sought response from the state government on a plea, which sought to ensure proper maintenance of Yanaimalai situated at Y Othakadai in Madurai district.A division bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice J Sathya Narayana Prasad sought the response, while hearing a public interest litigation...

Madras HC for panel to check sexual abuse in schools, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Madras high court has directed the state government to constitute a nodal body with representatives from the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and school education department to coordinate government-led awareness programmes in schools on sexual abuse and monitor operationalisation of mobile counselling centres.A division bench of...

Cannot Permit Burial Of Bodies On Land Belonging To Temples, Says High Court, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Burial of dead bodies cannot be allowed on temple land, the Madras high court has observed while disposing of a plea which sought to prevent it on land belonging to Subramaniya Swamy temple at Tiruchendur in Tuticorin district. A division bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice J Sathya Narayana...

Swathi stays hostile in Madras HC too, denies meeting Gokulraj, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The main witness in the 2015 murder of Dalit youth Gokulraj denied under oath in the Madras high court on Friday that she was the woman seen with him in CCTV camera footage. This prompted the judges to ask her if she was not able to recognise herself. When a...

Madras HC asks govt to make tourist destinations accessible to disabled, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Accessibility, effective participation and inclusion in society are a few of the rights of persons with disabilities and the government and local authorities should ensure this, observed the Madras high court on Friday while directing the state government to make tourist destinations accessible to persons living with disabilities.A division bench...

Hc Confirms Acquittal Of Five People In Murder Case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Madras high court has confirmed the acquittal of five people who were accused of murdering a man due to previous enmity in Tirunelveli district in 2016.The court was hearing the appeal preferred by the inspector of police of Karivalamvanthanallur police station challenging the order of the IV additional sessions...

Hc Seeks Counter Affidavit, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

MADURAI: Madras high court on Friday directed the state government to file a counter affidavit on a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of 13 convicts in the Melavalavu massacre case in Madurai district. Six dalits were massacred at Melavalavu on June 30, 1997 by members of another caste...

Plea In Hc To Re-install Fishes Statue In Front Of Rly Station, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Madurai: The Madras high court on Friday sought a response from the state government on a plea which sought to re-install the iconic three fishes statue with fountain which is the emblem of Pandyan dynasty in front of the eastern entrance of Madurai Junction railway station.A division bench of justice...

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MADURAI: The Madras high court on Thursday observed that no one should be permitted to install statues without proper permission from the authorities.A division bench of justice R Mahadevan and justice J Sathya Narayana Prasad made the observations while hearing an appeal preferred by G Balasubramani (appellant), president of the...