Decoding Madras HC verdict in PG Medical Seat Scam which denied admission to 28 students selected on merit by CENTAC
Medical profession deals with life of people and any compromise on merit would have a delirious effect
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Can the age of ink be determined? Bombay High Court explains
While relying on the Madras High Court’s decision, Bombay High Court opined that there was no justification to take up a futile attempt to find out the age of ink on the instrument under question.
Women cannot be presumed to have disowned their residential rights at parental home after marriage: Madras High Court
“A choice and will of a woman to exercise residential choice at her natal home should not be viewed through patriarchal prism to deny her the residential status there”
[RSS Route March] Supreme Court directs TN Government to submit proposal before Madras HC on allowing future route marches without Court’s intervention
Tamil Nadu Government had agreed before Supreme Court that it would allow RSS to hold marches in various districts across the state. Accordingly, the Court asked RSS to submit the proposed routes to the State within 3 days and the State to take a decision on the routes by 15-11-2023
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Madras HC directs tax department to investigate misuse of login ID and Password of dealer by third party, enabling tax evasion
Madras High Court said that if the complaint of the petitioner turns out to be untrue or was intended to facilitate fraud being committed using the login ID of the petitioner, the assets of the petitioner shall be brought to sale.
[Trade mark Infringement] Madras HC restrains sale of Sunfeast Mom’s Magic butter cookies in blue wrapper, being deceptively similar to Britannia Good day
There will be confusion in the market, especially, in the nature of the product being Cookies, sold in the shelves of supermarkets, any ordinary customer looking at the shelf is bound to be deceived. Therefore, the product of ITC Ltd. is deceptively similar to that of Britannia.
TN Online Gaming Act applies only to games of chance and not games of skill : Madras High Court
The impugned Act can only apply to games of chance and not games of skill. Hence, the Act in its entirety, need not be held to be ultra vires
Madras High Court grants relief to TNPSC aspirant who wrote “Jai Hind” while concluding her mains exam essay
“‘Jai hind’ or ‘victory to India’ is the most uttered slogan in India, whether it is at the end of the school prayers by children or at the end of a speech by eminent persons”
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Madras HC directs Customs Department to release apples imported from New Zealand on furnishing bank guarantee towards differential duty
Madras High Court clarified that this interim arrangement would be made only to safeguard the interest of both parties; and the bank guarantee to be furnished by the respondent is kept alive, till the decision is arrived at regarding validity of the notification dated 08-05-2023.
Meghalaya High Court bids farewell to its 11th Chief Justice, Justice Sanjib Banerjee
Justice Sanjib Banerjee’s journey from his early education to becoming a distinguished jurist with a legal career spanning over 3 decades and extensive tenure of 17 years as a Judge is a testament to his unwavering commitment uphold the principles of justice.
Madras HC directs Union Govt. and Nigerian embassy to pursue requests of two women claiming compensation from past 11 years, for husbands’ death in Nigeria
The remedy for the petitioners is only as against the Private Company by filing necessary applications at Nigeria. However, these poor widows cannot pursue the litigations in Nigeria and therefore, there is a responsibility cast upon the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to take appropriate action through the Embassy to redress the grievance of these petitioners.
Scope of ‘Diagnostic’ processes in S. 3(i) of Patents Act is not limited to in vivo or specific diagnosis: Madras High Court
“The line of demarcation between diagnostic and non-diagnostic tests may not always be bright and could blur on occasion; even so, there is sufficient support both in the text and immediate context of the expression “diagnostic” in Section 3(i)”
Can Hospitals refuse to perform transplants from non-related organ donors? Madras High Court answers
“The apprehensions and reluctance of the hospitals here to entertain organ transplantation between non-relatives is more due to inadequate awareness of the law on the topic. All it now requires is proper legal education on the subject for the physicians and the hospitals, and this Court expects the Govt. to take the lead in the matter.”
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Read why Madras HC directed State to reconsider the screening time of Vijay starrer movie ‘Leo’
Madras High Court directed the State to reconsider the request of Producer to screen five shows of the film a day, in theatres, between 7:00 am and 1:30 am
[Cash-for-job Scam] Madras High Court refuses to grant bail to V. Senthil Balaji on medical grounds
Earlier in a writ petition concerning the issue of continuation of V. Senthil Balaji as a Cabinet Minister of the State consequent to his arrest, the Court left it to Chief Minister MK Stalin to decide about the continuance of Senthil Balaji (who is in judicial custody) as a Minister without Portfolio
Can retired BSF personnel be treated as ‘Ex-Servicemen’ for benefits of purchase and consumption of liquor in Tamil Nadu? Madras HC answers
“Even if the claim of the petitioner that discrimination is meted out to retired personnel of BSF as against Ex-servicemen has to be accepted, the consequence would only be that the exemption and concession granted to Ex-servicemen in consumption of liquor would have to be withdrawn, but, it cannot be a ground on parity to extend the same benefit to the retired personnel of the BSF”