The Division Bench of Justices P Velmurugan and KK Ramakrishnan made the suggestion while hearing a petition challenging the transfer of a 4.54 acre property of the Tamil Baptist Trust in Kovilpatti town to the Tamil Baptist Mission alleging it to be illegal.
In a major setback for the DMK government, Madras High Court on Wednesday entrusted to the CBI, the probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, which claimed 68 lives in July this year.
A youth icon for the ruling DMK, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, a public servant, has drawn the attention of the High Court for sporting jeans and T-shirts featuring the party’s election symbol of the ‘rising sun’ at official events.
Jaggi Vasudev alias Sadhguru is the founder of the famed Isha Foundation under the Velliangiri foothills of the Western Ghats. He has a huge following of devotees and attracts celebrities from all walks of life.
Ruling out religious conversion angle in the suicide of a 17-year-old class 12 student at a Christian aided school in Thanjavur district on January 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed Madras High Court Bench in Madurai that she was not coerced to change her faith to Christianity.
A similar Bill was passed by the previous AIADMK government in 2017, but failed to obtain the President’s assent.
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court represented by Justices M Duraiswamy and K Murali Shankar directed the state government to file a counter affidavit by September 30.
The court also warned veterinarians of severe action like contempt of court and departmental action if they issue false certificates.
The court on its part on Wednesday ordered, Council and IRDAI as necessary parties to this case, in addition to making the Additional Chief Secretary, Transport Department, Chennai, and the Joint Transport Commissioner (R), Chennai as Respondents.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu said: "EWS quota is impermissible till the same is approved by the Supreme Court of India."
