The Madras High Court has quashed the Enforcement Directorate’s PMLA case against former Minister K Ponmudy after the trial court acquitted all accused in the predicate case, but has left the agency free to act under law if the predicate case revives.
The Madras High Court has dismissed as withdrawn a lawyer’s writ petition challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to build a new Secretariat and Legislative Assembly complex at Pattinampakkam in Chennai, after the Bench asked how public money was being wasted and said it was for the government to decide where to build. Chennai: The […]
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to constitute a Joint Working Group and place on record, within four weeks, a draft SOP governing the use of captive elephants in temple festivals, while dismissing impleadment pleas by People for Cattle in India and Suparna Ganguly that sought to halt the transfer of five elephants from Assam.
The Madras High Court ruled that advocates have no vested or fundamental right to demand out-of-turn listing of pending cases. Dismissing a lawyer’s plea, the Court held that only genuinely urgent matters may receive priority through established judicial procedures and exceptional listing protocols.
The Madras High Court sought responses from the Union and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea challenging the treatment of Tamil Thai Vaazhthu during official functions. The petition questions a Union circular allegedly resulting in the State Song being rendered after Vande Mataram and the National Anthem.
