Former judge CS Karnan, jailed for contempt, dies at 71
CS Karnan, the former Madras High Court judge who in 2017 became the first sitting High Court judge to be sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court, died in Chennai on Friday,…
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Madras HC gets medical report confirming Theni jail escapees’ injuries
Medical examinations ordered by the Madras High Court have confirmed that four recaptured Theni district jail escapees are suffering from multiple injuries, the court was told on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. A…
Bar Council enrols record 4,700 advocates in single day
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry enrolled 4,700 law graduates as advocates on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at the Madras High Court campus, a single-day record in its history. Supreme…
SC slams forum shopping, transfers suit from Delhi HC to Madras HC
The Supreme Court has condemned forum shopping and transferred a commercial intellectual property suit from the Delhi High Court to the Madras High Court. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R.…
Madras High Court flags 2,423 pending corruption cases, seeks new special courts
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to examine setting up additional special courts to try corruption cases, after noting 2,423 cases were pending under the Prevention of Corruption…
Madras HC orders DVAC to file FIR in library book scam
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday, 10 November, directed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register an FIR and freeze the bank accounts of fraudulent publishers…
TN Speaker begins anti-defection hearings against four ex-AIADMK MLAs
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Tuesday (10 November 2026) began hearings into disqualification petitions against four former AIADMK legislators who resigned and joined the ruling TVK. The proceedings, set for…
SC dismisses TN govt plea to revive charges against cop parents in honour killing
The Supreme Court on 5 November dismissed the Tamil Nadu government's appeal against a Madras High Court order quashing the chargesheet against K Saravanan and Krishnakumari, the parents of the prime accused…
Supreme Court stays Madras HC order on Nataraja temple management
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (4 November) stayed a Madras High Court order that directed a five-member board to take over the administration of the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple from the Podhu Dikshitars.…
Tamil Nadu CM seeks Supreme Court bench in Chennai
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the establishment of a permanent Supreme Court bench in Chennai. The demand, first raised by the state…
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