MADRAS Top Stories

Resigned Assembly membership due to disillusionment with AIADMK leadership: Esakki Subaya tells Madras High Court2026-06-29
The Hindu: He asserts that the decision was completely free from any form of external pressure, coercion, orchestration or pecuniary inducement ......
Motive behind MLAs’ resignations irrelevant, Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary tells Madras High Court2026-06-29
The Hindu: Says, the Speaker is bound to accept the resignations if they are found to be voluntary and genuine; she also terms as “scandalous and unfounded” the allegation of him exhibiting allegiance to TVK......
Acceptance of resignation of four AIADMK MLAs does not defeat disqualification proceedings, TN govt informs Madras high court2026-06-29
The Times of India: CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly secretary has informed the Madras high court that acceptance of resignation of four AIADMKMLAs will not operate to extinguish, defeat or render infructuous the disqualification proceedings pending against the legislators under...
Women police key to better justice for survivors of gender crimes: IIT Madras study2026-06-29
India Today: Women police key to better justice for survivors of gender crimes IIT Madras study ......
Madras High Court orders status quo on attachment of properties of DMK ex-Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan ...2026-06-29
The Hindu: Chief JusticeSushrutArvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan pass the interim order pursuant to a batch of appeals filed by ED challenging an appellate tribunal’s order ......
‘We are not dictatorship’: Madras High Court upholds citizens’ right to know under RTI2026-06-29
Indian Express: The Madras High Court was hearing a...
Madras HC refuses adjournment, calls petitioner's change of lawyer a 'devious' delay tactic2026-06-28
The Economic Times: The Madras High Court has ruled that individuals converting to Islam...
Madras High Court denies anticipatory bail to suspended woman Inspector of Police in gold coin ...2026-06-28
The Hindu: Justice C. Kumarappan dismisses the advance bail petition filed by SheelaMary, who had served at the Royapuram All-Women police station in Chennai in 2024 ......
Nadigar Sangam elections case: Madras High Court to pass orders on July 12026-06-28
The Hindu: JusticeA.D.Maria Clete has reserved orders on a plea to reject a suit filed against the continuance of office-bearers, elected in 2022, till 2028 ......
Madras HC strikes down TN order on Backward Class status for Muslim converts2026-06-27
Madhyamam: The Madras High Court on Thursday invalidated a Tamil Nadu government order that permitted people from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities, and Scheduled Castes who converted to Islam to be classified as Backward Class Muslims.A...
On converting to Islam, one is no longer Backward Class: Madras HC2026-06-27
The Siasat Daily: Chennai: A person who converts to Islam cannot claim the status of a Backward Class Muslim, the MaduraiBench of the Madras High Court has ruled, striking down a 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that allowed converts to claim such a designation for reservation...
East Corpn picks ORR, Old Madras Road, Sarjapur Road for footpath clearance drive in Bengaluru2026-06-27
Deccan Herald: <p>Bengaluru: Major arterial roads, including Outer Ring Road, Old MadrasRoad, ITPLMain Road, Sarjapur Main Road and Whitefield Main Road, have been identified for the first phase of a footpath encroachment clearance drive, which will begin on July 1...
Madras HC says converts to Islam cannot claim backward class Muslim status2026-06-26
The Economic Times: The Madras High Court has declared unconstitutional a Tamil...
A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim, rules Madras High Court2026-06-26
The Hindu: Categorising certain sects as Backward and the remaining as Forward is antithetical to Quranic injunctions. Islam seeks to establish an egalitarian society, says MaduraiBench......