K. Chandru

Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma's recusal controversy highlights the principle that justice must be seen to be done. Despite a litigant's concerns about potential bias due to her children practicing in the same court, the judge refused to step aside. This situation raises questions about perceptions of impartiality and the importance of maintaining public confidence in the judiciary.

Breaking nearly a century-old tradition, Justice K Chandru of the Madras high court has requested acting Chief Justice R K Agrawal not to convene a farewell meeting, followed by dinner and a photograph session, for him on his retirement day on March 8.

An anganwadi worker, who filed two writ petitions in Madras high court for a same cause of action, escaped with censure as the court chose to accept her apologies.

Suriya is known for experimenting with his roles in films. He is one of the actors, who often walk those extra miles to do justice to the character he portrays. Suriya was last seen in 'Jai Bhim', and the film received highly positive reviews from audiences and critics. Suriya played the role of a lawyer for the first time, and his role is based on the real-life character, Justice K Chandru. ETimes reached out to Suriya and in an exclusive chat he revealed how he got trained for his character in 'Jai Bhim'.

On a day the PMK organised demonstration in the city demanding ban on online gambling, the state government, on Friday, announced setting up of a four-member committee headed by retired Madras high court judge K Chandru to recommend grounds to promulgate an ordinance on “online rummy”.

Retired judge of Madras high court justice K Chandru has charged the Centre with imposing censorship on media.

Wild mushrooms have become dearer this year as their price has surged to 2,000 per kg in local markets. The wild mushrooms, which are available in the market during the monsoon, have huge demand considering their taste and nutritional value.

The city police have arrested three men for the murder on Friday of rowdy V Suresh on the beach off Loop Road. A hunt is on for three more.

Expressing anguish over the attack on a dalit schoolboy and his sister by his classmates in Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district on August 9, chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced a one-member committee of retired high court judge K Chandru to suggest ways to prevent caste and ethnic divisions among school and college students.

A 14-year-old is coerced to keep her baby born out of rape as 'evidence'. A 15-year-old is forced to go back to a mother who sold her to a brothel.

Corruption exists in the Indian judiciary. A few judges are inappropriately influenced in their decision making. Saying this is A P Shah, former chief justice of the high courts of Madras and Delhi.

Interfaith couples in India face significant hurdles registering marriages under the Special Marriage Act, with sub-registrars often engaging in moral policing and demanding bribes. Despite the law's intent to facilitate secular unions, couples are frequently subjected to parental pressure and even violence, highlighting the need for legal reform and increased state protection.

It is waste of money, most of the times,” said reputed jurist and former Madras HC judge K Chandru.

Senior psychiatrist Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, who runs suicide prevention NGO SNEHA, was part of the four-member committee led by Justice K Chandru. She tells Pushpa Narayan why it recommended the ban. Excerpts:

A four-member committee led by retired judge of Madras high court, Justice K Chandru, on Monday submitted its report on online rummy to chief minister M K Stalin. The cabinet that met in the evening was also apprised of the report.

The exercise shall be completed in three months, said Justice M M Sundresh, passing orders on a batch of applications filed by working journalists.

A temple is a public institution, and its activities are covered by the provisions of the Right To Information (RTI) Act even if it is administered by hereditary trustees, the Madras high court has ruled.

Following the brutal attack on a 17-year-old dalit boy and his sister in Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district by his classmates, Dalit Intellectual Collective has sought a ban on caste-based wrist bands in schools.

At the end of his last day in office on Friday, Justice Chandru met acting Chief Justice R K Agrawal and submitted a copy of his ‘voluntary declaration of assets’.

The Tamil Nadu governor is not an umpire to decide whether a policy of the state government is right or wrong, said Justice K Chandru, former judge of Madras high court. Talking to TOI about Governor R N Ravi’s decision to return the state’s Bill to ban online games like rummy, Justice Chandru said the governor was trying to destabilise the elected government. “By giving his nod to promulgate an Ordinance passed by the state on the same issue, the governor had become the author of the Ordinance.

In an incident that underscored the vulnerability of the Madras high court campus to security threats, a young woman was thrashed and dragged away by her relatives in full public view on Monday even as police personnel watched in silence.

The Tamil Nadu cabinet led by chief minister M K Stalin on Monday gave its nod for an ordinance to ban online gambling. The cabinet meeting was held in the morning at the state secretariat. "An ordinance will soon be promulgated with the governor's assent," said an official release, issued later in the evening.

Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday notified the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, which was given assent by Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi on April 7.

On his first day after taking over the portfolios of the chief minister, finance minister O Panneerselvam convened a meeting of officials of the municipal administration and rural development departments on Thursday noon to discuss the appointment of special officers to head the civic bodies across the state. The civic body polls have been put off until December.

Can a student skip regular classes on a particular day every week on the ground of religious belief? And, is the college guilty of violating religious freedom if it insisted that every one follow the time table? No, says the Madras high court.