CHENNAI: Madras high court has made it clear that a male accused of sexual harassment cannot compulsorily be made to undergo a potency test.A division bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice Sundar Mohan made the observation while hearing a batch of cases, including an incident in Chidambaram involving a male student and a…
CHENNAI: Giving more teeth to the definition of sexual harassment at the work place, Madras high court has held that the “act” is more important than the “intention” behind the act.“Unwelcome behaviour at the workplace is sexual harassment irrespective of the harasser’s intent,” JusticeR N Manjula said. “If something is not received well, and it…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed the DGP of prisons and Puzhal Central Prison superintendent to explain how prisoners accessed mobile phones and ganja despite stringent security arrangements in all prisons.A vacation bench of justice S M Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued directions to this effect on Friday, on a batch of pleas moved…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has constituted an all-women special investigation team (SIT) comprising three IPS officers – deputy commissioners of police Bhukya Sneha Priya, Ayman Jamal and S Brinda – to probe the Anna University campus rape case.A vacation bench of justices S M Subramaniam and V Lakshminarayanan on Saturday also ordered Rs 25 lakh…
CHENNAI: Outrage over an Anna University engineering student’s alleged rape on campus echoed in Madras high court Friday as a division bench initiated suo motu proceedings and took the DMK govt to task for seeking credit for a suspect’s arrest “when the state is supposed to prevent the crime”.“Advocate general P S Raman is saying…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) The issue between Nayanthara and Dhanush over the footages of ‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan’, used in the documentary ‘Nayanthara: Beyond The Fairy Tale’, has now intensified as the ‘Raayan’ actor has now filed a civil suit against the ‘Jawan’ actress. According to Bollywood Hungama, the Madras High Court has urged the ‘Lady superstar’…
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has restrained the Chennai-based Music Academy from conferring the “Sangita Kalanidhi M S Subbulakshmi” award on singer T M Krishna for 2024.Justice G Jayachandran, however, said there is no bar on conferring the award without using the name of MS Subbulakshmi to recognise the achievement of Krishna. The “mirror award”,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday constituted a three-member SIT, comprising DIG-rank IPS officer Saroj Kumar Thakur and women IPS officers Ayman Jamal and S Brinda, to “objectively and fairly” investigate on a day-to-day basis the September 29 sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at Anna Nagar in Chennai.From among nine IPS officers, including three women…
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Justice D Krishnakumar, a senior judge in Madras high court, as the Chief Justice of Manipur high court.Justice Krishnakumar was appointed as the judge of Madras high court on April 7, 2016, and is now set to retire on May 21, 2025. He is…
MADURAI: Hugging and kissing between two persons in love is not sexual harassment, rather it is quite natural, observed Madras high court recently quashing a trial court proceedings against a 20-year-old man in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin. Srivaikuntam All Women Police had charged the man with sexually harassing a 19-year-old woman. In 2023, the man filed…
