Plea sought to declare 10.5% reservation unconstitutional The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the operation of the recent State legislation providing 10.5% internal reservation to the Vanniakula Kshatriya community within the 20% quota earmarked for the Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs) in education and public employment. The court, however, issued notice to the State government on the main petition to declare the law as unconstitutional and called for a counter-affidavit in six weeks.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said the litigant had not made an overwhelming case for the grant of interim orders, except for claiming that the law had been passed solely with a view of garnering the votes of a particular caste group during the coming Assembly election. The petitioner said the intention was evident from the fact that the law was passed in the Assembly just minutes before the election date was announced
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‘Hearings will be conducted virtually or in hybrid mode’
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CHENNAI, 11/04/2008: Madras High Court buildings in Chennai on April 11, 2008. Photo: V. Ganesan
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‘Hearings will be conducted virtually or in hybrid mode’ The Madras High Court has decided to conduct its proceedings virtually or through the hybrid (part physical and part virtual) mode from Monday in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in certain pockets of Chennai and other parts of the State.
The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure and to ensure a safe working environment, a notification issued by its Registrar-General said on Saturday.
Madras HC to monitor probe against former Special DGP
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Court restrains political parties from ‘politicising/publicising’ the issue
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CHENNAI, 11/04/2008: Madras High Court buildings in Chennai on April 11, 2008. Photo: V. Ganesan
Court restrains political parties from ‘politicising/publicising’ the issue In
suo motu proceedings, the Madras High Court on Monday decided to monitor the investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against a former Special Director-General of Police (DGP) and restrained political parties from “politicising/publicising” the issue.
A woman Superintendent of Police had accused the top officer of sexually harassing her.
The court ordered that the parties must not issue any statement to the media touching upon the merits of the issue and warned that violation of the court order might lead to contempt proceedings.
The court issued the warrant to ensure his presence before the court on February 25 The Madras High Court has issued a bailable warrant against former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University A. Kalanidhi for not appearing before the court despite multiple adjournments. The court issued the warrant to secure him and ensure his presence before the court on February 25 in a case related to the assignment of a land belonging to the University in Kotturpuram here.
Justices R. Subbiah and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup passed the interim orders on a writ appeal preferred by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), who had been allotted the University land in 1992. Justice T.S. Sivagnanam of the High Court had on March 3, 2020 dismissed a writ petition filed by ISTE in 2004 against the University’s decision to resume the land.