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TopicMadras High Court

Topic: Madras High Court

Madras High Court halts TV govt provision to appoint Vice Chancellors

A bench of Justices GR Swaminathan & V Lakshmi Narayanan granted the stay amid staunch opposition of the state government against taking up the case in haste.

‘Self-pleasure not forbidden fruit’ & wife watching porn not grounds for divorce, says Madras HC

HC rejects divorce plea that private masturbation constituted cruelty, says 'when masturbation among men acknowledged as universal, masturbation by women cannot be stigmatised'.

Madras HC directs Centre to unblock Ananda Vikatan website after removal of Modi cartoon

Court yet to decide whether cartoon comes under freedom of speech & expression, or affects friendly foreign ties. Judge directs media outlet to temporarily remove cartoon.

SC stands by Madras HC’s rent waiver for TN shopkeepers during 2020 Covid lockdown. What it said

2-judge SC bench also dismisses a set of appeals filed by various municipal bodies of Tamil Nadu that had challenged multiple High Court orders passed in 2022.

Widow who remarries not disqualified from inheriting 1st husband’s property—HC on Hindu Succession Act

Madras HC also says succession of a property opens up only on the death of its absolute owner and not when a settlement for devolving properties is executed.

Why ED is claiming right to provisionally attach properties even without FIR under predicate offence

Challenging a Madras HC judgment that quashed its provisional attachment orders in the Tamil Nadu illegal sand mining case, ED asserts power citing PMLA sections in SC.

‘Can appeal acquittal in predicate offence’. How Madras HC ruling in Lottery King’s case empowers ED

It quashed a lower court order accepting TN police's closure report in a 2012 cheating case against Santiago Martin based on which ED had started its anti-money laundering probe.

What Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation told SC in plea challenging Madras HC decision

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HC judges’ remarks ‘against monastic tradition, sanatana dharma’. What Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation told SC

Isha Foundation approached SC Thursday to challenge Madras HC’s inquiry order into allegations about a petitioner’s daughter being on a fast unto death.

SC restrains Tamil Nadu police from taking any further action against Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Centre

The order followed an urgent hearing by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi for the Isha Foundation, as 150 police officers entered the Ashram to investigate per Madras HC's directions.

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Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.