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Bollywood actor Sunny Deol has served a legal notice to a private FM radio station for allegedly defaming him and his family through a show ‘Son Sunny’, claiming Rs 200 crore from the radio station. Addressing a press conference here along with his lawyer Ashok Sarogi today, Deol said ‘I have tolerated enough but now I can not tolerate the manner in which ..

 The Madras High Court has directed the Union government and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to induct a person into the Indian Police Service (IPS) in the Tamil Nadu cadre or in another all India service, on the basis of his selection in Civil Services Examination 2001, with all consequential benefits.  Chastising the authorities for their slumberous a..

The Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Principal District Judge (PDJ), Cuddalore, issued in March this year, disqualifying V K Murugan of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) from the post of Chairman of the Vriddhachalam Municipality.  Justice S Palanivelu set aside the order while allowing a petition from Mr Murugan challenging the lower court order. b..

The Madras High Court has granted interim stay on further proceedings on a charge memo issued by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Salem Range, to a head constable.  M Ravi, counsel for the petitioner R Sengodan, submitting that the charge memo contained vague and flimsy allegations, contended that the only charge against the head constable was that he had not ar..

Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) to remove all advertisement boards across the state, carrying the picture of a young mother and her child without their knowledge. The High Court on August 3 admitted a writ petition filed by a city-based woman seeking compensation for trauma caused to her by the wrongful use of her picture..

 Expressing concern for the young girls and children rescued from different brothel houses of the country, the Supreme Court has asked the legislature and the Union Government to work out some rehabilitation law or scheme for them. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph in its judgment noted, ‘It is unfortunate that the investigating officers and..

The Calcutta High Court today issued an interim order asking to shut down the ‘youth computer training centres’ opened since 2004. Justice Sanjib Banerjee issued the ruling on a petition filed by a city resident Rudra Prasad Dutta. Mr Dutta told the court that all computer centres, approved by the state youth welfare department since 2004, w..

 Calcutta High Court today admitted an appeal of the city auto operators challenging the State government’s decision to ban two-stroke autos (three-wheeled motorised vehicles). A petition filed by Auto Operators Association said the state government’s decision to phase out two-stroke autos from the city and its outskirts was illegal. &q..

Tamil Film star Vijay has expressed regret to advocates in an affidavit before the Madras High Court, for possibly offending them through scenes in his film Sivakasi. In response to 13 complaints filed by advocates claiming that he had defamed advocates in the film, the actor, along with the producer of the film A M Rathinam, director Perarasu and comedian M S Baskar, said in the affidavit file..

Allegations of corruption in the higher judiciary have come to the notice of the Government time to time. As for the subordinate judiciary, the administrative control over its members vests with the concerned High Courts and the State Governments as per the prov..

Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India respectively, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. The Government has, however, addressed letters to the..

HYDERABAD: A local court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight other accused in the multi-crore rupee fraud case in the IT company by 14 days. The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate extended the remand of Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju, former Satyam CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, former auditors of Price Waterhouse S Gopalakrish..

Another petition challenging the recent hike of tuition and development fees by two schools run by the IAF Educational Society has been filed by the parents’ association before the Delhi High Court. Filing a petition through counsel Ashok Aggarwal, the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh(parents’ body) alleged the schools--Airforce Nursery School and Airforce Junior School run by Indian Air Force Ben..

he Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered removal of photographs of a 25-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter from AIDS awareness campaign banners across Tamil Nadu within a week after she complained that they gave an impression as if the two were HIV affected. Justice K Suguna recorded an undertaking by the Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society on removing the posters of the woman who said ..

The Supreme Court has held that if a man and a woman are residing together for a long time and have been accepted by the society as husband and wife, a presumption could be drawn that their marriage is valid. "A long cohabitation and acceptance of society of a man and woman as husband and wife goes a long way in establishing a valid marriage," a Bench of Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph observ..