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Supreme Court orders time-bound steps to frame charges against Surendra Gadling

India, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court has directed a trial court in Maharashtra to take time-bound steps to frame charges in the Elgar Parishad-linked Surjagarh arson case against lawyer-activist Surend... Read More


Madras High Court hears CBFC on Vijay's Jana Nayagan, reserves order

India, Jan. 20 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) told the Madras High Court on Tuesday that a single judge erred in directing it to grant a "UA 16+" certificate to the Vijay-starrer Ta... Read More


'Power to determine citizenship only for poll rolls'

India, Jan. 14 -- In recent weeks, justice GR Swaminathan's name has been everywhere, surfacing more often in parliamentary rhetoric than in law reports. His December 1 order permitting the lighting o... Read More


Madras high court grants protection to Kamal Haasan's personality rights

India, Jan. 12 -- The Madras High Court on Monday protected the personality rights of actor and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan and prohibited any illegal use of his "image, likeness and name for commerci... Read More


HC threatens officials of contempt charges over Deepathoon curbs

Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- The Madras high court on Friday issued a warning to the Madurai district administration and police, cautioning that contempt charges would be framed if they failed to offer a sat... Read More


Madras HC stays own order to certify vijay film

Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- On a day of high drama, a division bench of the Madras high court on Friday stayed, within hours of a single judge clearing it, a direction to the CBFC to grant a UA certificate ... Read More


HC threatens officials of contempt charges over Deepathoon curbs

Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- The Madras high court on Friday issued a warning to the Madurai district administration and police, cautioning that contempt charges would be framed if they failed to offer a sat... Read More


Madras HC stays own order to certify vijay film

Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- On a day of high drama, a division bench of the Madras high court on Friday stayed, within hours of a single judge clearing it, a direction to the Central Board of Film Certifica... Read More


HC clears release, directs CBFC to grant certificate to Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan'

India, Jan. 9 -- The Madras high court on Friday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant a "UA 16+" certificate to the Vijay-starrer Tamil film Jana Nayagan, clearing its thea... Read More


vijay's new film delayed amid censor impasse

Chennai, Jan. 8 -- The producers of actor-politician Vijay's film Jana Nayagan on Wednesday deferred its January 9 release after the Madras high court reserved its judgment on their petition against t... Read More