Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently ruled that the assembling of the law students in front of the Law College cannot constitute unlawful assembly while quashing all the criminal proceedings against law students who were denied permissions to celebrate the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

The Madras High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the AIADMK appeal against the single-judge order that had quashed the plans for a memorial to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa at her erstwhile Poes Garden residence.

The Supreme Court today heard a batch of pleas filed by the Tamil Nadu Government challenging a Madras High Court decision to quash a state quota law that provided 10.5% special reservation to Vanniyars, a most backward community.

The Madras High Court directed the Centre to not take any coercive action against the members of the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation , Sun TV Network and other media platforms which are IBDF member under the IT Rules 2021.

In a laudable judgment, the Madras High Court recently advised the National Medical Council that medical colleges should not teach students in a way that is derogatory to this community.

The Centre has notified the transfers of Allahabad High Court Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Rajasthan High Court Justice Satish Kumar Sharma to the Madras High Court and the Madhya Pradesh High Court respectively. The Centre also notified the appointment of three additional judges of the Calcutta High Court.

Earlier, the Supreme Court collegium held a meeting on September 16, 2021, in which they had recommended the transfer of Justice Sanjib Banerjee from Madras High Court to Meghalaya High Court.

The Supreme Court has said that the Union of India and states should complete their final arguments so that an order can be passed since the matter of pendency of criminal cases against MPs & MLAs and expeditious disposal of the same by setting up Special Courts has been pending since 2016.

The Supreme Court today has adjourned its hearing in a plea preferred by Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd questioning the adequacy of one-member Commission of Inquiry led by former Justice A. Arumughaswamy to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.

In the notification, applications were invited from the eligible advocates for the post of Special Government Pleader in the Madras High Court and its Bench at Madurai.