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Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

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Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

J. Radhakrishnan, P. Amudha, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, and Dheeraj Kumar, all serving as additional Chief Secretaries, were appointed as the official spokespersons | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday (August 7, 2025) dismissed, with costs of ₹1 lakh, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate, challenging the appointment … Read more

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

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Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights holder of Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’ has approached the Madras High Court to restrain Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman and his followers from interfering with the screening of the movie in cinema halls on the alleged ground that … Read more

Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

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Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, including of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, … Read more

Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

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Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

The judge pointed out that a public awareness campaign carried out by food safety officials to warn people against consuming adulterated watermelons had backfired, leading to monetary loss for the farmers who had not indulged in any such adulteration. (File photo) | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil … Read more

Supreme Court asks YouTube channel to first approach High Court in ‘Dharmasthala burials’ case

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Supreme Court asks YouTube channel to first approach High Court in ‘Dharmasthala burials’ case

The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” passed by a Bengaluru civil court restraining media outlets from publishing any defamatory material. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” … Read more

J&K High Court seeks MHA response on long-term visa status of deported Pakistan woman

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J&K High Court seeks MHA response on long-term visa status of deported Pakistan woman

Rakshanda Rashid’s daughter Fatima Sheikh had told The Hindu earlier that her mother was taken to the Attari border in Punjab by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and expelled from the country on April 28. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday (July 10, 2025) sought a response … Read more

Supreme Court halves cost imposed on Narcotics Control Bureau by Calcutta High Court

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Supreme Court halves cost imposed on Narcotics Control Bureau by Calcutta High Court

The NCB was directed to recover the cost from its personnel involved in the process of drafting and filing the government appeal. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 3, 2025) refused to intervene with an order directing the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) to pay ₹1 lakh cost in … Read more

Kerala High Court slams state for not enacting law to ban black magic, sorcery

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Kerala High Court slams state for not enacting law to ban black magic, sorcery

The Kerala High Court expressed dissatisfaction with the state government’s stance of not proceeding with the legislation to ban black magic, sorcery and other inhuman practices. The state told the High Court that it has decided not to pass such a law, and this decision was taken by the state cabinet— which means it is … Read more

Police can’t barge into houses of history-sheeters under guise of surveillance: Kerala High Court

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Police can’t barge into houses of history-sheeters under guise of surveillance: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the police have no right to knock on the doors of suspected persons or history-sheeters or “barge” into their houses at night under the guise of surveillance. The ruling by Justice V.G. Arun came on a plea by a man accused of threatening police officers from discharging their … Read more