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Chennai, March 6 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court here on Friday.In a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan, Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office to Justice Dharmadhikari. He will be the 55th chief justice of the High...

Chennai, March 6 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court here on Friday.In a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan, Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office to Justice Dharmadhikari. He will be the 55th chief justice of the high...

Chennai, March 5 The Tamil Nadu government has formally prohibited private schools from hosting political, ideological, or communal activities on their premises, citing the need to maintain school campuses as neutral academic zones.The School Education Department, through a government order...

New Delhi, March 5 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Thursday.He was previously a judge of the Kerala High Court.His name was recommended for the post by the Supreme Court Collegium last month. He replaces Justice Manindra...

New Delhi, March 5 – The Centre on Thursday cleared the appointment of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium."In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President...

Chennai, March 3 The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court on Tuesday that the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) is considering filing a review petition against the court's order from February 20, which directed it to register a First Information Report (FIR) in...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), March 3 The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has suggested to the administration to allow five individuals identified by the court to offer symbolic prayers for 15 minutes near the stone pillar atop the Tirupparankundram hill.Hearing a contempt petition filed for...

Chennai, March 2 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin defended the state government's stance on the Tirupparankundram temple lamp lighting controversy and said personal faith should not be subservient to politics.His remarks came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Arulmighu...

Chennai, February 28 PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss alleged on Saturday that the Tamil Nadu government is reluctant to appoint Motor Vehicle Inspectors despite "a persistent shortage of officers.""There is negligence in the appointment of Motor Vehicle Inspectors, which started during the previous...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court collegium has taken a "policy decision" that a judge, who is proposed to take over the high court as its chief justice, may be transferred well in advance, preferably two months before the vacancy arises.The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India...

Chennai, February 26 The Madras High Court questioned on Thursday why the state government could not consider online applications for permission to hold political processions and rallies.The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, was hearing a case filed by...

Chennai, February 26 AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Thursday that tenders for the projects being implemented in haste by the ruling DMK dispensation will be cancelled once his party is elected to power this year.Claiming that the government under Chief Minister M K...

New Delhi, February 26 ED Director Rahul Navin will visit Chennai this weekend to review the status of ongoing investigations being carried out by the federal investigating agency in Tamil Nadu, including some high-profile cases such as the one involving state minister K N Nehru and others...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the grant of retrospective environmental clearances (ECs) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found to be in violation of environmental norms, despite hefty penalties.On November...

New Delhi, February 25 A judge cannot be removed by Parliament for a judicial pronouncement, according to parliamentary sources on Wednesday, in response to the opposition's move to impeach a judge of the Madras High Court over his ruling allowing Hindu devotees to light a lamp at the...

Chennai, February 24 The Madras High Court has directed the Directorate of Medical Education and Research here not to view all organ donors with suspicion, and has directed it to grant permission for transplantation to a patient with chronic kidney disease stage 5, who received the organ from...

Chennai, February 22 The BJP on Sunday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government remove Minister K N Nehru from the Cabinet and order a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities in appointments within the Municipal Administration department.Nehru holds the portfolios of Municipal...

Chennai, February 22 – The Tamil Nadu BJP intensified its attack on the ruling DMK government on Sunday after the Madras High Court directed the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department (DVAC) to register an FIR against Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister K. N. Nehru.In...

Chennai, February 19 The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea by VFI challenging an arbitration award of Rs 4 crore awarded against it, to be paid to Pro Volleyball League promoters, Baseline Ventures.Refusing to intervene in the arbitration award directing the Volleyball Federation of India...

New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Madras High Court order restraining the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board from exercising any functions, observing that its constitution was prima facie not in accordance with the provisions of law.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant...