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Cauvery Water Dispute

Cauvery Water Dispute Between TN and K’taka: SC Agrees to Constitute Bench

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to promptly establish a bench to address the ongoing Cauvery river water-sharing dispute, in which Tamil Nadu has sought Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs of water... Read more »
PETA

PETA Files Review Petition in SC Against the Verdict Allowing Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu

Animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), has approached the Supreme Court, seeking a review of its May 18 verdict that upheld the validity of the amendments made... Read more »
Maternity Leave

NHRC Ensures Extended Maternity Leave For Temporary Women Staff In Tamil Nadu

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has successfully intervened in the matter concerning temporary women staff employed under the Centre’s Samagra Siksha Scheme in Tamil Nadu. As a result, these... Read more »
Madras HC

Madras HC Dismisses Plea Seeking To Increase No Of Seats And Regularization Of Sports Quota In The State

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking an increase in the number of seats and regularization of the sports quota in higher education institutions in Tamil Nadu. A division bench... Read more »
Madras HC

TN Land Encroachment Act: Authorities Not Understood Its Purpose Even After 125 Years: Madras HC

The Madras High Court, while criticizing revenue authorities for indirectly assisting encroachers, stated that even after 125 years of enactment, revenue authorities still do not understand the purpose of the Tamil Nadu... Read more »
Nilgiris

‘Victim Of Crass Commercialism’: Madras HC Restrains Govt From Organizing Heli Tourism In Nilgiris

The Madras High Court restrained the State Government from organizing heli-tourism in the Nilgiris area as part of the Summer Festival and emphasized that the region’s vulnerable biodiverse eco-system cannot be a victim of crass commercialism.... Read more »
Big Relief To ‘The Kerala Story’! SC Stays WB Ban, Orders Security To Be Provided To Cinema Halls In TN

Big Relief To ‘The Kerala Story’! SC Stays WB Ban, Orders Security To Be Provided To Cinema Halls In TN

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the West Bengal government’s decision to ban the screening of the ‘The Kerala Story’ film in the state. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI)... Read more »
‘The Kerala Story’: SC Seeks West Bengal’s Response To Plea Against Ban Of Film

‘The Kerala Story’: Supreme Court Seeks Response, Says ‘Why It Was Banned In West Bengal’

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the State of West Bengal’s reply to a petition challenging the State’s decision to ban the screening of the ‘The Kerala Story’ film. The Court also... Read more »
SC

Legally Speaking: Supreme Court upholds validity of Tamil Nadu Highways Act

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act on Tuesday, ruling that the Act’s provisions are not discriminatory or arbitrary when compared to the provisions of the central... Read more »
‘So Much Casteism In Bihar In Every Field’: SC Asks Patna HC To Reconsider Plea For Stay On Caste Survey

Tamil Nadu Govt to SC: Nothing Illegal in Missionaries Spreading Christianity!

The Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court that here is nothing illegal in the act of missionaries spreading Christianity. The TN govt has cited Article 25 of the Indian Constitution and... Read more »