New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a blistering attack at the ecosystem, an apparent reference to Congress and INDIA bloc, for their hatred and pointed attacks at the Sanatan Dharma and demanded that DMK minister Udhaynidhi Stalin be made to face the law for his pernicious attack on Hinduism.It also welcomed the Madras High Court’s order which quashed the criminal case against BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, by the Trichy City Crime Branch police in…
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Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case registered by the Trichy City Crime Branch police against Amit Malviya, a national office-bearer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in connection with a social media post related to remarks made by Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanatan Dharma.The case stemmed from a complaint filed by Advocate Dinakaran, who is the district organiser of the DMK Advocates’ Wing.The complaint was lodged at a police station in…
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 18 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed an appeal filed by an advocate seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act related to the termination of a fruits and vegetables supply contract at a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Haryana, observing that an advocate cannot seek information on behalf of a client using the RTI mechanism. Information Commissioner Sudha Rani Relangi, while disposing of the second appeal, noted that the appellant, an advo…
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…
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday granted interim relief to veteran actor Kamal Haasan in a John Doe suit, restraining unauthorised commercial exploitation of his personality rights, including the use of his name, image, likeness or other attributes associated with his public persona.Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the interim injunction while hearing a plea filed by the actor seeking protection against the sale of merchandise bearing his name or image without consen…
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will on Monday inaugurate Chennai’s new air-conditioned double-decker sightseeing bus service, a tourism initiative aimed at offering visitors a compact and curated introduction to the city’s key heritage and administrative landmarks. The service, promoted by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC), is likely to strengthen organised urban sightseeing in the state capital. The double-decker bus has been introduced with support fr…
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to promptly issue a U/A 16+ certificate to ‘Jana Nayagan’, the Vijay-starrer film whose theatrical release was postponed due to delays in censorship clearance.Directed by H. Vinoth, ‘Jana Nayagan’ had completed post-production and was submitted to the CBFC in December.During the examination process, one member of the examining committee raised objections, alleging that certain scenes hur…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) The censor certification of ‘Jana Nayagan’, the forthcoming Tamil film starring Vijay, ran into a serious last-minute hurdle on Wednesday, with sharp arguments being heard before the Madras High Court just days ahead of its scheduled January 9 theatrical release.The issue stems from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) unexpectedly halting the issuance of the censor certificate and referring the film for re-examination by a newly constituted review committee, de…