Jayagopal, a former councillor who had been booked by the police on charges of attempt to commit culpable homicide, was nabbed from Krishnagiri district in western Tamil Nadu, police said.
The Madras high court on Monday took strong objections to the violent incidents in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district on Sunday, and directed the state police chief to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to identify the rioters and take stern action against them.
Deploring the fast falling trend of the reputation of the University of Madras, the Madras high court has suggested the authorities concerned to award capital punishment to the erring officials.
A group of around 300 lawyers on Monday went on a day-long fast in front of the Madras High Court, a day after their associations decided to indefinitely boycott courts to press their demands, including action against police officials for the February 19 lathicharge in the court premises.
The controversy over a minister of Dr Manmohan Singh's Cabinet directly influencing a judge of the Madras High Court reached its peak when the Prime Minister's Office, Chief Justice of India and principal opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party took the matter to its logical conclusion.
A total of five policemen have been arrested so far in connection to the incident.
The Madras high court on Friday granted 10 more days to the Centre to file its counter-affidavit in response to a batch of PIL pleas challenging the new Information Technology (IT) Rules.
The all-women panel, which concluded its interaction with the affected family members and officials on Tuesday, called upon the state government to be neutral and bring those responsible for the 17-year-old plus two student's death, to book.
The Madras high court bench in Madurai on Monday directed transferring the probe into the death by suicide of a 17-year-old girl, allegedly coerced to convert to Christianity, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Justice R Pugalendhi of the Madurai Bench directed the Makkal Needhi Maiam founder to appear before the judicial magistrate court in Aravakurichi and execute a bail bond for Rs 10,000 with two sureties each for a like sum.
The Coimbatore-based sugar manufacturer had taken Axis Bank (formerly UTI Bank) to court for selling exotic forex derivative products.
Mentioning Head Contable Revathy's statement in a four-page report to the Madras high court Madurai Bench, the Judicial Magistrate probing the deaths said she feared receiving threat if she revealed the facts.
'If a property of a male Hindu dying intestate (without a will) is a self-acquired property or obtained in the partition of a coparcenary or a family property, the same would devolve by inheritance and not by survivorship, and a daughter of such a male Hindu would be entitled to inherit such property in preference to other collaterals (such as sons/daughters of brothers of deceased father),' a bench of justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari said.
The Madras high court was to hear the petition on Friday, but it had to be deferred due to the ongoing boycott of courts by lawyers, Subhiksha Trading Services Ltd said. The merger petition pertains to the purchase of 40 per cent stake in Blue Green Constructions for Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million) by Subhiksha in 2008, followed by the retail chain's decision to merge the two entities.
It is a sea of men clad in veshtis with distinctive party colour border design seeking votes with a smile and folded hands for their party candidates. The town is abuzz, with electioneering at its peak, and teeming trendy cars criss-cross the busy roads and bylanes bringing in more and more leaders from elsewhere for campaign.
About seven months ago, the Madras High Court imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 10,000 on a social worker for filing a 'frivolous' plea questioning the state government's decision to observe the first day of Tamil month 'Thai' as the Tamil New Year Day. On Thursday, the same person Ramasamy filed a similar petition again, stating that the Supreme Court had not only waived the cost but also permitted him to file the matter afresh before the High Court.
The Madras high court on Friday set aside an order of the regional passport authority in Chennai impounding the passport of Leena Manimekalai, author, lyricist and film-maker.
'Tamil Nadu presents a challenge to the BJP and its politics.' 'DMK is making all efforts to resist the BJP.'
'We were exporting copper at that time. Now India is importing copper to the tune of around $1.2 billion. Moreover, there was a larger impact on the dependent MSMEs.'
Nalini, lodged in the Special Prison for Women in Vellore for the last 27 years, had sought six months leave to make arrangements for the marriage of her daughter.
With his appointment as AG, the many constitutional law matters that are pending before the Supreme Court will receive specialised attention.
Anti-Congress regional parties may have felt the possible impact of Rahul's South-North yatra, pending a second East-West padayatra, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
At the end of the day, Stalin expressing solidarity with an arrested colleague is one thing, especially if he too felt that the minister had been wronged, but for him to retain the person in office sets a bad precedent, which would not go unnoticed by voters, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Devotees entering temples in Tamil Nadu will have to follow a new dress code from January 1 as several important shrines have put up notice boards highlighting this.
Stalin said that even in Gujarat the vice-chancellors are not appointed by the governor but the State.
Bajaj Auto had accused TVS Motor of infringing its patent on DTS-i -- acronym for Digital Twin Spark Plug ignition -- in TVS Flame. TVS, in its latest 125 cc motorcycle Flame, uses CCVTi technology which Bajaj claims to be a copy of its DTS-i technology. The Pune-based two-wheeler maker uses DTS-i technology in various products including the Pulsar series of bikes.
Incidentally, Pannerselvam's call for unity also pertained to deposed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran.
Economic criteria to ensure that the benefits of government policies reach the target group is not "proscribed" and a "recognised" basis of classification, the Supreme Court orally observed Wednesday while hearing pleas challenging the Centre's decision to grant a 10 per cent quota for the EWS category in admissions and jobs.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and ousted party leader O Panneerselvam on Tuesday moved the Madras high court against the sealing of the party headquarters by the Tamil Nadu government following violence there on July 11.
According to official sources, various states are contemplating bans on TikTok, Kwai, LIKE and other such apps over the next few months, on the worry that these platforms encourage child pornography, nudity and the spread of fake news, report Karan Choudhury and Neha Alawadhi.
SC took note of Centre's statement that it was reconsidering the notification.
The Madras High Court has set aside a notification of the central government, fixing 120 kmph as the speed limit for vehicles plying on highways.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an interim order passed by Madras high court controversial judge Justice C S Karnan
Bennicks and Jeyaraj died on June 22 and 23 respectively at a government hospital after being rushed from a prison in Kovilpatti town following complaints of health issues.
A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the central government not to allow the Board of Control for Cricket in India to conduct Indian Premier League T20 cricket matches, scheduled to held across India from March 29 to May 24 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The PIL, filed by advocate G Alex Benziger, is likely to come up before a division bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and Krishnan Ramaswamy on March 12.
The apex court order comes as a relief for 12 lakh medical aspirants who had given the exam.
S P Udayakumar, who has been accused of 'getting the prime minister's goat', is not one to take things lying down.
With the latest stay, the actress has so far succeeded in obtaining 15 orders from the Madras high court and its Madurai bench
The murder charges capped dramatic developments both in the court and outside where a woman head constable witness to the happenings told a Magisterial probe that the two traders were thrashed an entire night by the other police personnel at Sathankulam station where they were detained over alleged lockdown violations late last month.
The HC judge in a letter to the Centre said it would be a good deterrent in wake of increasing crimes against minors.
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