Madras high court

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday reserved its order on the bail application moved by Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji. The minister was arrested on June 14 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged offence of money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Concluding the final hearing, Justice G Jayachandran reserved his orders. According to the minister,...

CHENNAI: The state selection committee has withheld the round three results of MD/MS courses in Tamil Nadu after the Madras high court directed the committee not to declare the results of one course -- MD (general medicine).On October 5, hearing petitions from three students, Justice Anita Sumanth said results would not be declared in “MD (general medicine) course alone" until further orders of the...

CHENNAI: Educational institutions, particularly technical institutions like engineering colleges, cannot be permitted to function with temporary teaching staff perennially, Madras high court has said. Pointing out that it also violates the norms of UGC and AICTE, a division bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice K Kumaresh Babu directed the Anna University to report its stand on the issue.The court...

CHENNAI: Sanatan Dharma includes "a whole set of eternal duties" and "free speech cannot be hate speech", the Madras high court has said on a petition against a college which sought students' views on 'Opposition to Sanatan'. The court was told the circular seeking views has since been withdrawn. Justice N Seshasayee also referred to untouchability, saying it is unconstitutional "within or outside...

CHENNAI: Is posting an adverse online review on the services rendered by an advocate wrong or defamatory? Hardly, said Madras high court.“Internet is a free platform, and it is an important means of expression and communication… mere expressing views in Google Review about the services that were received in my opinion, does not amount to defamation,” said Justice V Sivagnanam.Writing negative...