Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani August 22, 2018 11:17 pm Change Font Size As far as unusual cases go, the Madras High Court seems to have bagged itself a winner. The Court has been approached by a 72-year-old retired police head constable from Tiruvannamalai district named B. Highcourt. Mr. Highcourt has approached the High Court demanding a direction to the Judicial Magistrate at Polur in Tiruvannamalai district to commit a case filed by him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 to a special court designated for subjecting offenders under the Act to trial. The litigation arose out of a dispute between Mr. Highcourt with an adjacent landowner after he moved to his native village Kalvasal in Polur Taluk of Tiruvannamalai district to pursue farming at his ancestral property post-retirement. He has alleged that in September, 2012, three people hurled abuses at him and also called him caste … [Read more...] about What’s In A Name? When ‘Mr. Highcourt’ Approaches Madras High Court
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Acting CJs Appointed For Bombay, Uttarakhand ,Orissa & Madras High Courts
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK August 6, 2018 7:02 pm Change Font Size Acting Chief Justices have been appointed for the High Courts of Bombay, Uttarakhand, Orissa and Madras as per Notifications issued by the President of India. Justice Naresh Harischandra Patil, the senior-most puisne Judge of Bombay High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, consequent to the appointment of Justice V.K Tahilramani as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Justice Rajeev Sharma, the senior-most puisne Judge of Uttarakhand High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, consequent to the elevation of Justice K.M Joseph to the Supreme Court. Justice Indrajit Mahanty, the senior-most puisne Judge of Orissa High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, consequent to the elevation of Justice Vineet Saran to the Supreme Court. Justice H.G Ramesh, … [Read more...] about Acting CJs Appointed For Bombay, Uttarakhand ,Orissa & Madras High Courts
Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court [Read Notification]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani August 4, 2018 9:18 am Change Font Size Justice VK Tahilramani has been notified as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, with Justice Indira Banerjee’s elevation to the Supreme Court. Justice Tahilramani joined the Bar in 1982, and has served as a Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for the State of Maharashtra. She was elevated to the Bench in June, 2001, and was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court in December 2017. Read the Notification Here Topics: Justice VK Tahilramani | Madras High Court Related How Brazen And Insensitive Can The State Be? Madras HC Slams State For Registering Hundreds Of FIRs Against Particular Individuals In Connection With Anti-Sterlite Protests At Thoothukudi [Read Order] Madras HC Bench Split About Recording Adverse Remarks On Trial Court Judge In Judgment [Read Judgment] Maran Bros To Face Trial In Illegal Telephone Exchange Case As … [Read more...] about Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court [Read Notification]
No Exemption For Woman To Appear Before Enforcement Directorate”, Madras High Court Dismisses Nalini Chidambaram’s Challenge Against Summons Under Money Laundering Act
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Manu Sebastian July 12, 2018 5:42 pm Change Font Size “Merely because trappings of police power is given, an authority cannot be compared with the policemen”- Madras HC BD stated while dismissing Nalini Chidambaram’s appeal A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the challenge made by Senior Advocate Nalini Chidambaram against the summons issued under Section 50 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The summons required Nalini Chidambaram to appear before the authorized officer of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) in connection with the Sharda Chit Fund Scam. The probe pertained to the payment of Rs. One Crore made by the company of Sudipta Sen, the main accused in Sharda Scam to Nalini Chidambaram, which was claimed to have been received as advocate fees. The main legal contention urged by Senior Advocate K.T.S Tulsi for Nalini Chidambaram was that as per Section 160 … [Read more...] about No Exemption For Woman To Appear Before Enforcement Directorate”, Madras High Court Dismisses Nalini Chidambaram’s Challenge Against Summons Under Money Laundering Act
Seven Additional Judges Appointed In Madras High Court [Read Notification]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: LiveLaw News Network June 1, 2018 6:29 pm Change Font Size President of India has appointed Seven Additional Judges in Madras High Court. Ms. P.T. Asha, M. Nirmal Kumar, Subramonium Prasad, N. Anand Venkatesh, G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, Krishnan Ramasamy, and C. Saravanan are appointed as Additional Judges for a period of two years. Nine Advocates had been recommended to be elevated to the Bench by the Supreme Court Collegium in December last year, with the then Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Koul having recommended the names in December 2016. Those recommended were C. Emalias, Ms. P.T. Asha, M. Nirmal Kumar, Subramonium Prasad, Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, N. Anand Venkatesh, G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, Krishnan Ramasamy, and C. Saravanan. As per reports, the Union Law Ministry has now invited seven out of the nine, excluding C. Emalias and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy without assigning any reasons for the same. … [Read more...] about Seven Additional Judges Appointed In Madras High Court [Read Notification]