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.
The Madras HC asked the Tamil Nadu government as to why it should not pass an interim order on a batch of petitions challenging the 10.5 percent internal reservation for Vanniyars under the 20 percent Most Backward Caste (MBC) quota.
Annamalai University in its counter petition said that its notification inviting application for law courses had clearly stated that those receiving degrees and diplomas in Law were not entitled to practice in a court of law.
"The CBI should have an autonomy as that of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who is only accountable to Parliament", Madras High Court.
The Madras HC has said if a dispute arises between parent/student and the school management, the DEOs concerned must take an appropriate decision.
The court had on Tuesday struck down a recent amendment to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online games with stakes like rummy and poker.
