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Automatic withdrawal of defamation cases won't be allowed, rules Madras HC

The apex court on 10 August 2021 had issued certain guidelines to check the misuse of prosecutor's power in withdrawing cases under Section 321 CrPC

'No discrimination against women athletes with disabilities': Madras HC directs Centre, state govt

There should not be any unfair discrimination against women athletes with disabilities on grounds of race, gender, sex, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth, Justice R Mahadevan said

Madras HC quashes FIR against YouTuber Maridhas for controversial tweet on IAF copter crash

Police had registered the case against Maridhas under different sections of IPC including promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence

Madras HC quashes order converting Jayalalithaa's Chennai residence ‘Veda Nilayam’

The court also permitted the Income Tax department to recover dues running to several crores of rupees from the petitioners

'Reply in English only': Madras HC tells Centre after minister writes to Tamil Nadu MP in Hindi

The court said that the Centre should reply in the language in which the state government sends the application to the Central government

Explained: Why Madras HC has imposed Rs 1 lakh fine on Vijay in luxury car tax evasion case

"These actors are portraying themselves as champions to bring social justice in the society, but their acts are not in consonance", the court said.

SC rejects EC's plea to expunge Madras HC remarks, says citizens have a right to know what transpires in courts

The top court said it is a staunch proponent of freedom of media to report court proceedings and that the EC's contention that press should be reporting orders only and not observations struck at principles of open court

EC says it is ‘unanimous’ there shouldn’t be plea in SC for curbs on media reporting over oral observations made by judges

The Election Commission had approached the top court with a Special Leave Petition against oral observations made by the Madras HC, where it said the EC was 'singularly responsible' for the second wave of COVID-19 and remarked that its officers should probably be 'booked for murder'

'What has Centre been doing for past 14 months?': Madras HC rips govt over COVID-19 management plan

On Wednesday, fresh COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu breached the 16,000 mark, the highest since the start of the pandemic

Mamata Banerjee welcomes Madras HC's EC criticism, demands withdrawal of Central forces from West Bengal

The Madras High Court earlier on Monday had held that the poll body allowing political parties to take out rallies and meetings had led to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic