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Children Urging Parents To Vote For TVK Does Not Amount To Undue Influence: Madras HC [Read Order]
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Children Urging Parents To Vote For TVK Does Not Amount To Undue Influence: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court rejected a petition challenging TVK’s Salem North victory, holding that children urging parents to vote for the party did not disclose undue influence.

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Convert to Islam Cannot Claim Backward Class Muslim Status: SC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Convert to Islam Cannot Claim Backward Class Muslim Status: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court dismissed Tamil Nadu’s plea, holding that conversion to Islam does not automatically confer membership of a notified Backward Class Muslim community.

Madras HC Slams Police For Calling FIITJEE Official Likely To Abscond Because He Is ‘North Indian’ [Read Order] Judiciary
Madras HC Slams Police For Calling FIITJEE Official Likely To Abscond Because He Is ‘North Indian’ [Read Order]

The Madras High Court granted bail to FIITJEE official Ankur Kumar Jain in a cheating case, rejecting the police claim that he was likely to abscond because he was a “North Indian”. The court observed that a person's place of origin is no ground to presume flight risk and flagged the failure to furnish written grounds of arrest.

Madras HC Upholds Government Order Renaming Of Caste-Based Streets [Read Order] Judiciary
Madras HC Upholds Government Order Renaming Of Caste-Based Streets [Read Order]

Madras High Court upholds Tamil Nadu’s G.O. No.313 for identifying and renaming caste-based or objectionable names of streets, habitations, roads and water bodies.

Article 212 Bars Challenge To Internal Assembly Procedure: Madras HC [Read Order] Judiciary
Article 212 Bars Challenge To Internal Assembly Procedure: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court dismisses AIADMK Whip’s plea challenging the Mekedatu resolution, holding that Article 212 bars judicial review of internal legislative procedure.

RERA Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Land Title, Parties Must Approach Civil Court: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court holds that TNRERA is not required to adjudicate disputed questions of land title while considering project registration, leaving the objector to pursue the dispute before the civil c...

Tamil Nadu Waives Tuition Fee for Muslim Women, Launches New College and 10,000 Skill Training Slots

Tamil Nadu Minorities Minister A M Shahjahan announced full undergraduate tuition fee support for Muslim women, a new minority women's college in Chennai, expanded school scholarships for Classes 9 an...

Former Madras HC Judge Justice V Sivagnanam Missing in Nepal Floods

The Delhi Tamil Advocates Association wrote to CJI Surya Kant on August 30 seeking urgent intervention to trace former Madras High Court judge and Senior Advocate Justice Veerasamy Sivagnanam (Retd.),...

Tamil Nadu's Vijay Government Bars Students From Left and CJP Protests, Then Reverses Within 48 Hours

Tamil Nadu's TVK government on August 17 issued a "Most Urgent" circular directing colleges, police and district administrations to prevent students from joining Left party and CJP protests. It was wi...

Tamil Nadu Extends Full 365-Day Maternity Leave to Third Child as State TFR Falls Below 1.4

Tamil Nadu Human Resources Management Minister D Sarathkumar announced in the state Assembly on August 18 that women government employees will now receive 365 days of maternity leave for their third c...

Statements For Separate Tamil Nadu Not Sedition in Current Milieu: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras HC quashes sedition case over a book recording a 1967 call for a separate Tamil Nadu, holding such statements today would be seen as a mental health issue, not incitement to hatred.

SC holds TN Governor's decision to reserve 10 bills for President as illegal, erroneous

SC terms TN Governor’s move to reserve 10 bills for President as illegal, says no pocket or absolute veto under Constitution; sets clear timelines for assent.

SC tells TN to compensate affected by tanneries pollution; set up panel to ensure clean environment [Read Judgment]

SC directs TN to compensate victims of tannery pollution, set up panel for clean environment, and enforce strict monitoring on illegal sand mining.

Arrest warrant against Tamil film 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal' producer for non-payment of dues

Arrest warrant issued against Tamil film producer for non-payment of dues of Rs. 65 lakhs+ to actor Arvind Swami.

'Can't jail everyone for making allegations against CM,' SC tells Tamil Nadu government

Supreme Court rebukes Tamil Nadu, saying not everyone making allegations against CM can be jailed; restores bail for YouTuber Sattai.

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