Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Topic: Madras High Court

Madras HC refuses to entertain caste-based appointment of temple trustees, calls it “unconstitutional”

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a scheme of administration in Arulmighu Varatharaja Perumal and Senraya Perumal Temple by appointing non-hereditary trustees from a particular caste, as the entire plea is based on caste, Live Law reported.

Madras HC directs all-women SIT for Anna University sexual assault probe, orders interim compensation

The Madras High Court on Saturday constituted an all-woman team of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers to investigate the sexual assault of a 19-year-old...

Cops search Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation after Madras High Court’s order on two sisters staying there

Tamil Nadu Police launched a search operation at Isha Foundation’s ashram in Thondamuthur on Tuesday, a day after the Madras High Court sought a report on all criminal cases registered against the foundation.

2018 Thoothukudi killing: Police acted at behest of ‘one industrialist’, says Madras HC

The Madras High Court on Monday said that it believed that the 2018 police firing outside the Sterlite copper plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi was carried out by authorities at the behest of “one industrialist.”

Supreme Court cancels bail granted to 8 ‘PFI members’ in UAPA case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled a Madras high court order granting bail to eight men belonging to the Popular Front of India.

Eviction of ‘waqf’ encroachers: Madras HC upholds central law, declares 2010 Tamil Nadu amendment unconstitutional

The Madras High Court, in a judgement, has declared a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976, unconstitutional.