Chennai, April 15 (IANS) In a significant development ahead of the Assembly elections, the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Income Tax Department to conduct a preliminary probe into alleged discrepancies in the asset declarations of Udhayanidhi Stalin and submit a report within a tight deadline. A First Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan instructed the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) to place a report before …
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Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Former Union Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday told the Madras High Court that he alone legally represents the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and that the group rallying behind party founder and his father Dr S. Ramadoss was merely a breakaway faction that could not be recognised as the party. The assertion was made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by Dr Ramadoss seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Of…
Chennai, Feb 1 (IANS) The Madras High Court is set to hear on February 2 a crucial petition filed by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss, challenging the Election Commission’s decision to allot the party’s ‘Mango’ election symbol through a communication addressed to party president Anbumani Ramadoss. The case has assumed political significance as it unfolds amid an intensifying leadership dispute within the PMK. In his petition before the Madras High Court, Ramadoss has quest…
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday directed Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to conduct surprise inspections inside Metro trains and take appropriate action to ensure that senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PwDs) are not denied seats earmarked for them. The direction was issued by a First Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate V.B.R. Men…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea filed by the producer of the Tamil film ‘Jana Nayagan’, starring actor-politician Vijay, seeking directions to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant a censor certificate for the film’s release.In its order, a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih noted that the Division Bench of the Madras High Court is already seized of the matter and is scheduled to hear the appeal on J…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The producer of the Tamil film ‘Jana Nayagan’, starring actor-turned-politician Vijay, has approached the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed a single judge’s direction to grant the film a censor certificate. KVN Productions LLP, the film’s producer, on Monday filed a Special Leave Petition assailing the order passed by a division bench of the Madras High Court on January 9, which had stayed the direction issued by a single jud…