Chennai, May 6 (IANS) A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay in connection with alleged income tax irregularities linked to the 2015 Tamil film “Puli”. The petition, which was numbered by the High Court Registry on Wednesday, is expected to be listed shortly under the caption “For Maintainability.” Though the plea had originally been filed l…
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Chennai, May 4 (IANS) Expressing happiness over the decks being cleared for the release of the long-awaited film ‘Dhruva Natchathiram’, director Arivazhagan has now expressed solidarity with ace director Gautham Vasudev Menon, saying he could feel the pain that the latter must have gone through. Taking to his X timeline to quote Gautham Menon’s heartfelt statement, Arivazhagan said, “Congrats sir for the release of #DhruvaNatchatram and really happy for you as I could feel the pain what you must…
Chennai, May 2 (IANS) Ace director Gautham Vasudev Menon, considered to be one of Tamil cinema’s finest directors, has now penned a note of gratitude, in the wake of the decks being cleared for the release of his long-awaited action entertainer ‘Dhurva Natchathiram’. In a statement, which he shared on his social media timelines, Gautham Menon wrote, “Some men tried to destroy my career and stop my film from releasing, a film that’s also the work of more than a hundred people. Another man, my leg…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Denying any wrongdoing in the procurement of transformers during his tenure, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and former Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji on Wednesday asserted that all established procedures were strictly followed, even as the Madras High Court ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged Rs 397-crore scam. “There is no room for irregularities, and there has been no loss to the government,” Balaji told reporters, maint…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged irregularities worth Rs 397 crore in transformer tender procurements during the tenure of Senthil Balaji as Tamil Nadu’s Electricity and Prohibition and Excise Minister between 2021 and 2023. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan directed the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to tran…
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, K.N. Nehru, has moved the Madras High Court seeking a review of its earlier directive ordering the registration of an FIR in connection with alleged bribery in appointments within the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department. The earlier order, passed on February 20, had directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register a case based on materials shared …
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a purchaser arraigned in a decades-old forged Will and property fraud case from Tamil Nadu, holding that mere purchase of disputed property for valuable consideration, without specific material showing involvement in forgery or conspiracy, cannot justify criminal prosecution. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Madras High Court order which had refused to quash proceedings against the …
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) The Income Tax Department has informed the Madras High Court about apparent inconsistencies in the election affidavits of Udhayanidhi Stalin, particularly concerning investments, loans, and financial disclosures across the 2021 and 2026 Assembly polls.In a counter-affidavit filed before the court, the Department stated that an investment of ₹7.36 crore in Red Giant Movies, disclosed by Stalin in his 2021 affidavit, does not appear in his 2026 declaration.At the same ti…
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday issued notices on a petition seeking an investigation into alleged inconsistencies in the assets declared by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay in his nomination affidavits for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan issued notices to Vijay, the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), the Election Commission of India, and the Returning Of…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a significant ruling on bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court held that courts cannot impose conditions requiring the sale of an accused’s property to settle alleged claims, observing that bail proceedings cannot be transformed into mechanisms for recovery or adjudication of civil disputes. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale made these observations while allowing an appeal filed by the accused against a Madras High Court order that ha…