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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicMadras High Court

Topic: Madras High Court

Madras High Court grants 30-day parole to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict

Robert Payas, one of the seven serving a life sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, submitted a parole plea to make arrangements for his son's wedding.

Madras High Court allows banners to welcome PM Modi, President Xi in Tamil Nadu

The court had earlier banned hoardings on roadsides and pulled up the Tamil Nadu govt for not effectively implementing its order after a woman was crushed under a hoarding

Government accepts Madras High Court Chief Justice Tahilramani’s resignation

A government notification said Justice V Kothari has been appointed as the acting chief justice of the Madras High Court.

Madras HC top judge Tahilramani’s transfer ‘payback for blocking lawyer duo’s elevation’

Madras High Court Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani is likely to resign after the SC refused to review her transfer to Meghalaya.

Madras HC top judge Tahilramani to resign today, confirms decision to colleagues at dinner

According to procedure, a high court judge willing to resign has to send their resignation to the President. If the President approves, they stand discharged of their duties.

SC collegium rejects Madras HC chief justice’s request to reconsider transfer to Meghalaya

Justice Tahilramani, who upheld convictions in Bilkis Bano rape case, had refused consent to collegium's decision to move her from Madras HC to Meghalaya.

Tamil Nadu wants Aadhaar linked to social media accounts, top court to hear Facebook plea

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Facebook's plea seeking transfer of the case, and similar ones in other courts, to the apex court.

Madras HC frames contempt case against actor Ishari K. Ganesh for seeking favour from judge

Tamil actor & film producer Ishari K. Ganesh and his aide Anantha Raman tried get a Madras HC judge to postpone the South Indian Artists Association elections.

Why Rahmath Nisha judgment about a prisoner & his wife is a celebration of right to privacy

Relying on K.S. Puttaswamy decision, the Madras High Court also rejected argument that the couple should meet in presence of police.

Let prisoners and their spouses meet privately: Madras HC directs prison authorities

‘Conversations between prisoner and spouse should be unmonitored’, says Justice G.R. Swaminathan in an order relying on right to privacy judgment.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.