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Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay moved a resolution in the Assembly against the Karnataka government’s proposal to construct a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, on June 19, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Madras High Court on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) dismissed a writ petition filed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra…
The Madras High Court has found that a Caste Hindu had joined the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in 1982 in a post reserved for a Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidate, served the organisation for 32 years by prolonging the inquiry into his caste status and attained the age of superannuation in 2013 thereby depriving an unknown…
IPS Officer A. Arun. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU YouTuber A. Shankar alias ‘Savukku’ Shankar has repeatedly demonstrated a propensity to make false statements, fabricate narratives, and disseminate misleading information to the people for the purpose of sensationalism, personal vilification, public attention, online engagement, and financial gain, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A. Arun has…
M.S. Dhoni. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Madras High Court, on Monday (August 11, 2025), ordered the commencement of trial in a 10-year-old defamation suit filed by former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni seeking ₹100 crore in damages from Zee Media Corporation, journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, retired Indian Police Service (IPS)…
B.T. Arasakumar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A habeas corpus petition (HCP) has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the preventive detention of B.T. Arasakumar (59), under the Goondas Act on the basis of a complaint accusing him of having collected around ₹100 crore from various private school managements across Tamil Nadu during…
The petitioner alleges that her daughter was subjected to physical assault, mental cruelty, humiliation, intimidation, and continuous harassment. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday directed the Director-General of Police to constitute within 48 hours a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by an officer not below the…
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K. Vellathurai of Tiruppur district, one of the accused in the case pertaining to the fraudulent registration of the Palani math land, has filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail. Justice K. Rajasekar directed the petitioner to implead the CB-CID as a respondent and posted the matter…
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Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Tamil Nadu government is in the process of formulating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for speeding up prosecution in sexual crimes against women and children, Advocate General Vijay Narayan told the Madras High Court on Monday (June 22, 2026). Appearing before the first Division Bench…
‘Savukku’ Shankar. File YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar, 50, has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) A. Arun in light of the adverse findings and observations made against him by the court on May 29,…
The Division Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an order passed by a single judge on May 14, 2025 appointing an interim administrator for a society which runs Chettinad Vidyashram School in Chennai and remitted the matter to the single judge for fresh consideration. The Bench comprising Justices P. Velmurugan and K….