CHENNAI: 28/07/2022: FOR CITY: TAMIL NADU : A view of the Madras High Court Building in Chennai. PICHUMANI K / THE HINDU | Photo Credit: PICHUMANI K Tamil Nadu Director General of Police and Head of Police Force Shankar Jiwal has issued a circular instructing all Commissioners and Superintendents of Police across the State to … Read more
Police personnel stand guard at violence-hit areas ahead of the panchayat elections, in South 24 Parganas, Saturday, June 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on June 21 directed the West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) to deploy Central forces not less than the forces deployed in the 2013 panchayat elections in … Read more
The Chief Minister directed ministers and legislators to ensure that the Shakti scheme reaches all eligible beneficiaries, regardless of their caste, religion and class. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, June 9, directed all district in-charge ministers and MLA’s to launch Shakti — the scheme allowing women to travel … Read more
Though it was a public temple and not a denominational temple, rampant discrimination was being practised unabashedly, petitioner tells the court. The Madras High Court on Thursday directed Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department to ensure that all devotees, without any caste discrimination whatsoever, are allowed to participate in the ongoing Chithirai-Vaigasi festival at … Read more
The Madras High Court on Thursday put a hold on heli tourism in Ooty, planned as part of the ongoing summer festival in the Nilgiris, till next week. Justices Anita Sumanth and M. Nirmal Kumar, while hearing a petition against the heli tourism initiative, questioned whether scientific due diligence was undertaken before advertising helicopter rides, … Read more
The SC directed activist Gautam Navlakha to deposit another ₹8 lakh as an expense for making available police personnel for his security while under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. | file photo | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Friday directed activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest … Read more
Security personnel deployed near Rishra railway station April 4, 2023 amid tension after clashes broke out between two groups during a ‘Ram Navami’ procession on April 2, 2023 in Hooghly district. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to file a report on fresh clashes in Rishra … Read more
File photo of search and rescue operations in Morbi, Gujarat. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat High Court on February 22 directed the Oreva Group to pay compensation of ₹10 lakh to kin of each deceased of the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy, and ₹2 lakh to each injured within four weeks. The Morbi-based Ajanta Manufacturing … Read more
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Guruvayur Devaswom managing committee to produce the entire files relating to Poonthanam Njanappana Puraskaram for 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar passed the order on a writ petition field by Ratheesh Madhavan of Ernakulam challenging the … Read more
A road had caved in at Akshayanagar following rain in Bengaluru on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Taking note of newspaper reports that the police are not registering first information reports (FIRs) on the complaints of serious injuries and death caused due to potholes and bad roads, the High Court of Karnataka … Read more