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15 new judicial and technical members appointed for NCLT benches

The tribunal has a total sanctioned strength of 63 members and 28 benches

Madras HC to declare court premises plastic-free on November 10

The five yellow cloth vending machines will be positioned at five locations in the court premises

World slips on deforestation, loses cover equal to Ireland's area in 2021

Global gross deforestation amounted to 6.8 million hectares in 2021 with 3.9 giga-tonnes of CO2 equivalent of associated GHG emissions

Madras HC orders status quo against digital payment app MobilePe

The Madras High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo against digital payment app MobilePe and its group companies in the matter of offering unified payments interface (UPI) and Bharat interface for money (BHIM) services. Justice M Sundar granted the injunction while passing interim orders on an application arising out of a civil suit from PhonePe on October 19. In its suit, PhonePe contended that the defendant companies had infringed upon its trademark. The judge found the logos of the plaintiff company PhonePe and the defendant companies (MobilePe) were similar. The plaintiff company made out a prima facie case of possible deception, the judge said and passed the interim order and issued notice to the defendant companies returnable by November 2.

E-Gaming Federation to challenge Tamil Nadu ordinance banning online gaming

Regarding rummy and poker as games of chance violates Supreme Court and Madras High Court judgments which overturned the law banning online games

Transgenders entitled to special quota for 3rd gender: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held without "hesitation" that transgenders are entitled to a special reservation for third gender viz., transgender category for admission to post basic (nursing) and post basic diploma in psychiatry nursing courses. The court directed the Secretary, Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare department, Director of Medical Education (DME), Chennai, and Secretary (selection committee), DME, to treat the petitioner S Tamilselvi as third gender/ transgender and accordingly place her in a special category i.e. transgender category for admission to the course for the academic year 2022-23 for which the present merit list has been issued by the secretary, selection committee, only for female and male candidates. Apart from Tamilselvi, if any other transgender candidate applied for the said course, a separate category of merit list shall be prepared by the secretary consisting of only transgenders candidates and based on the inter se merit among the transgender ...

SC collegium proposes Orissa CJ Justice Muralidhar's transfer to Madras HC

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is learnt to have recommended to the Centre the transfer of Chief Justice (CJ) of Orissa High Court, Justice S Muralidhar, as the CJ of the Madras High Court, sources said on Thursday. The collegium, which also comprised justices D Y Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, met on Wednesday to deliberate upon issues including the transfer of high court judges, the sources told PTI. In the meeting, the collegiums resolved to transfer Justice Muralidhar in the same capacity to the Madras High Court. The apex court collegium is likely to come up with a statement on it, they said. Justice Muralidhar was initially appointed as a judge of the Delhi High Court in May 2006 and later was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 6, 2020. He took oath as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court on January 4, 2021. Prior to this, the apex court collegium has recommended elevation of Chief Justice of Bombay Hig

14 of 25 HCs registered a decline in pending PILs in 2021, shows data

Overall, they cleared 83.7 per cent of instituted cases until August 2021- the highest in four years

Madras HC rejects plea from murdered techie's parents seeking Rs 3 crore

The Madras High Court has rejected a plea from the parents of S Swathi (24), a techie, who was murdered at a platform in the Nungambakkam railway station here in 2016, seeking Rs 3 crore as compensation from the Southern Railway due to the "sheer negligence" on the part of the railway authorities. Justice R Subramanian rejected the plea from K Santhanakrishnan and his wife A Ranganayagi, made in November 2016, on Thursday. The writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Court is not the right forum to order compensation, the judge said and advised the couple to approach the appropriate one having civil jurisdiction. The slain woman's parents contended the murder of their young blossoming daughter occurred at a crowded place in day light. It would have been averted if the railway authorities, including the Railway Protection Force (RPF), who were duty bound to provide security to the passengers, had acted in a diligent manner. The sheer negligence on their .

Setback for Palaniswami, HC rules in favour of OPS in AIADMK power tussle

Party asked to maintain status quo of dual power system that existed before June 23

Top headlines:Airtel makes Rs 8k-cr spectrum payment; ECLGS corpus enhanced

New entrant Akasa Air is financially strong enough to place an aircraft order in the 18 next months that will be significantly larger than its first, its founder and CEO Vinay Dube said on Wednesday

Madras HC sets aside Tribunal award on BSNL claims for ISHA foundation

The Madras HC has set aside an Arbitrator award given in favour of Isha Foundation, where it allowed the organisation to pay Rs 44,000, as against BSNL's bill claim of around Rs 2.50 crore

Order of acquittal ought not be interfered with lightly, says Supreme Court

The apex court observed that the appellate court must deal with every reason, which weighed with the court concerned while recording acquittal, before setting aside such order.

OPS, EPS, AIADMK: Fight and factions in Tamil Nadu party explained

The AIADMK on Monday brought a resolution reviving the top party post of general secretary favouring E Palaniswami

SC stays Madras HC order on AIADMK leadership row, EPS camp upbeat

The apex court order virtually comes as a shot in the arm for the dominant Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) camp which is aggressively pushing for the single leadership to be helmed by him.

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PSA-Sical gets apex court relief in Royalty dispute with VOC Port

Supreme Court orders shipping ministry and Chidambaranar Port Trust to maintain status quo, restrains port authorities from taking any action against the firm

Madras HC judge uses Whatsapp to hear petitioner, lawyer in separate places

For the first time in the annals of the Madras High Court, a judge has conducted a case through 'WhatsApp', and on a Sunday. Justice G R Swaminathan took up the case while being stationed in Nagercoil, where he had gone to attend a marriage function on Sunday, following a submission of P R Srinivasan, the hereditary trustee of Shri Abheeshta Varadaraja Swamy temple, that his village will face the 'divine wrath' if the proposed 'Rath' (Car) festival was not held on Monday. "This fervent prayer of the writ petitioner made me hold an emergency sitting from Nagercoil and conduct the case through Whatsapp," the judge said in the opening sentence of his order. It was a triangular session, with the judge hearing the case from Nagercoil, petitioner's counsel V Raghavachari at one place and Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram, at another place, in the city. The issue pertained to a temple in Dharmapuri district. Holding that the Inspector attached to the Hindu Religious and Charitable ...

SC refuses interim relief in LIC IPO matter, issues notice to Centre

The Court also tagged the matter with the proceedings before the Constitution Bench as the petitions also raised issues regarding the enactment of law as a money bill

HC upholds order that allowed only sportspersons to head sports bodies

The first bench of the High Court upheld an order of a single judge, which among other things had held that sports organisations must be headed by sports persons alone