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New Indian Express
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- Politics
- New Indian Express
Madras HC summons five IAS officers in contempt of court case
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered five IAS officers in the state to appear before the court in connection with a contempt of court case filed for failing to obey the orders to remove a school run by a Christian organisation from the land belonging to a Hindu temple in Cuddalore district. The first bench of Chief Justice K R Shriram and Justice Sunder Mohan issued the order summoning P Amutha (revenue secretary), S Mathumathi (school education), B Chandramohan (tourism, culture and HR&CE), P N Sridhar (commissioner of HR&CE) and Sibi Adithya Senthilkumar (Cuddalore collector), who had served in the respective posts during the relevant period. They were directed to appear in person before the court on July 10. The order was passed on Tuesday on a contempt of court petition filed by S Vinoth Raghavendran, state secretary of BJP's Spiritual and Temple Development Wing. He sought the court to punish the officials and correspondent of the school for wilful disobedience of the order passed on a writ petition seeking to remove the school from the land belonging to the Devanathaswamy temple of Thiruvanthipuram.
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Time of India
HC raps GCC in action on illegal buildings
Chennai: Ticking off the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) for not doing enough against illegal buildings and unauthorised constructions in the city, Madras high court observed that this gave the impression that the GCC did not want to take action against the violators. First bench of Chief Justice K R Shriram and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq also accused corporation commissioner J Kumaragurubaran of intentionally not providing adequate details of action taken against such violations. "Strangely and we would say intentionally, the commissioner has chosen not to give details of the notices issued, state whether those notices were responded to, state what action was taken thereafter, and state whether those unauthorised deviated buildings were demolished," the court said. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai "In paragraph 14 of the affidavit filed by the commissioner, it is only stated that the corporation also took further action and locked and sealed unauthorised/deviated buildings, and around 242 buildings were locked and sealed from Jan 1, 2022 to Feb 12, 2025, the court pointed out. "This is against 4,115 stop-work notices and 1,966 lock and seal notices. He has not explained why only a small number of buildings were locked and sealed," the bench said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo The fact that they are going slow gives the impression that the corporation does not want to take action against the violators, the court added. Responding to the observations, counsel for the corporation submitted that he would file all the details and also make available for inspection the documents for the petitioner's advocate within a week. Recording the submission, the court adjourned the hearing of the contempt petition moved by advocate N Rukmanganthan to June 3. According to the petitioner, he moved the present contempt petition as the corporation failed to comply with a court order dated April 8, 2022, and remove unauthorised construction in Zone-V of the corporation.
New Indian Express
25-04-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Madras High Court seeks TN govt response on PIL seeking Minister Ponmudy's disqualification
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file a counter-affidavit to the public interest litigation petition praying for disqualification of Minister for Forests K Ponmudy for violating the oath of office by making derogatory speech against Saivism, Vaishnavism and women. The direction was issued by the first bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq when the PIL filed by advocate B Jaganath came up for hearing. Advocate General PS Raman told the court that objectionable comments were made against the chief minister who was not a party to the petition and wanted the court to order removal such portions. Accordingly, the bench directed the petitioner to remove such portions. It granted time till June 5 for the government to file the counter-affidavit and posted the matter to June 19 for hearing. The petition also prayed for the court to declare the speech made by Ponmudy on April 8 patently in violation of the Articles 188 and 99 and the oath of office and various other provisions of the Constitution.
