Topic: Madras High Court
SC collegium recommends BJP leader as judge of Madras High Court
The Supreme Court collegium’s decision to recommend the name of Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri, a BJP national leader from Tamil Nadu, for elevation as a judge to the Madras High Court has triggered widespread criticism from several corners.
‘Voice of oppressed not meant to be criminalised’: Court quashes FIR against Pa. Ranjith
The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against filmmaker Pa. Ranjith for his statement on the Chola era during a public event in 2019.
Over 200 Madras HC lawyers write against transfer of justice Sanjib Banerjee
Concerned over the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya, 200 plus advocates have written a letter to Chief Justice, N.V Ramana, and Supreme Court collegium seeking reconsideration.
Will you commit murder if senior directs so, High Court asks policeman
"Will you commit murder if senior directs so?" the Madras high court asked on Wednesday while dismissing as withdrawn a plea moved by superintendent of police D Kannan seeking to discharge him from a case filed by a woman IPS officer alleging sexual harassment charges against special DGP Rajesh Das.
Thoothukudi firing a scar on democracy, we should never forget: Madras HC
The 2018 police firing on civilians protesting against Vedanta Sterlite's copper smelting plant at Thoothukudi is a scar on democracy and must not be forgotten, the Madras High Court said on Monday.
Madras High Court quashes FIR against CAA protesters, says protests happened all over India
The Madras High Court quashed the first information report filed against advocates T. Lajapathi Roy and Henri Tiphagne, two Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register Citizenship (NRC) protesters, and took cognisance that no untoward incident had taken place and observed that there were protests across the country against amendments to the Act.
