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13 stories for “Madras High Court” · August 2026
Clear filtersThrough a Government Order of the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Tamil Nadu has reconstituted the Advisory Board under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. Retired Madras High Court judge Justice V. B...
Tamil Nadu has amended its law to safeguard government appointments made over the past 15 years under the Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) quota. The 2010 law reserves 20% of direct recruitment vacancies for candid...
The Madras High Court barred authorities from permitting the felling or removal of rosewood trees on private lands until the pending writ petition is decided. It kept in abeyance G.O. No. 88, which had accepted a proposa...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Madras High Court that it will hold off on by-elections in five Tamil Nadu Assembly seats until pending election petitions are disposed of. The seats are Tiruchi East,...
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court declared Tamil Nadu's Tamirabharani (Porunai) River a deity, conferring on it the status of a legal person to shield it from pollution. The order came in July 2026 in the Sivanu...
IntroductionExpanding grassroots judicial infrastructure and speeding up the delivery of justice in rural Tamil Nadu, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, on 17 August 2026 in...
IntroductionThe Madras High Court Registry on 16 August 2026 issued a landmark revised administrative circular standardizing the ceremonial protocol for official state events, Independence Day, and Republic Day celebrati...
IntroductionIn a major milestone for judicial administration and gender inclusivity in the higher judiciary, Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari administered the oath of office to 15 newly appointed judges at the...
IntroductionThe Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on 14 August 2026 unanimously adopted a special government resolution reaffirming that the State Song, 'Tamil Thai Vazhthu' (Invocation to Mother Tamil), must be mandatoril...
IntroductionThe Supreme Court of India, on 13 August 2026, agreed to pronounce its definitive judgment on an appeal filed by the Government of Tamil Nadu defending the state's sovereign legislative and executive power to...
Justice M.S. Liberhan, former Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh and Madras High Courts, passed away in Chandigarh at the age of 87. He had earlier been a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.He headed the Liberha...
IntroductionThe Madras High Court, on 6 August 2026, launched 'Nyaya Vahini' — an AI-powered integrated case management and e-filing system designed to reduce pendency and ensure timely justice delivery. The system was i...
