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TopicMadras High Court

Topic: Madras High Court

Palaniswami govt gets a breather after split verdict on disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs

The High Court verdict has come as a sign of relief to K.Palaniswami's government as there is no threat to its stability. Chennai: In a relief...

‘Tu jaanta nehin mera baap kaun hain’ and India’s anxiety about the father

Voter card and Aadhaar print only the father's name. Mother’s name is not mentioned. On the passport, father’s name is clubbed with ‘legal guardian’, and is placed above mother’s.

CJI Misra lost confidence of his colleagues, it’s a failure of his leadership: Arun Shourie

Former union minister says impeachment is not the answer to handle errant judges; suggests overhaul in appointment and removal of judges.

Justice Markandey Katju on why shoving corruption by judges under the carpet won’t help

In this excerpt from his book Whither Indian Judiciary, Justice Katju talks about his disclosures about the Madras HC corruption, the true facts and what happened.

Make breastfeeding mandatory: Madras High Court tells Modi govt

The court sent questionnaire to Centre, asking why it should not be the right of a newborn child to be breastfed for at least six months after birth.

Former Madras HC judge seeks ‘one rank, one pension’ in judiciary, moves SC

Justice M. Vijayaraghavan (retd) argues that high court judges promoted from lower courts get lesser pension than judges who previously served as advocates.

Vande Mataram: Headline-grabbing orders not new for Madras HC judge Muralidaran

Muralidaran, 54, has also made news with his orders on NEET, cattle slaughter and farm loan waiver and beat the SC on the national song. Apurva Vishwanath

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?