R. Vijayakumar

Roshini S, a 28-year-old social activist, is the NTK candidate for Villivakkam in the upcoming state assembly polls, aiming to be the first transwoman elected. She focuses on issues like education, women's empowerment, cultural preservation, and environmental protection. Roshini connects with voters as a sister, emphasizing her commitment to the community's future.

A division bench of Madras high court has expunged certain remarks made by a single judge asking the state government to review whether salaries paid to teachers are in consonance with the performance of their duties and the hours of duty.

As many as 42 cases were settled out of the 376 taken up at the national Lok Adalat held at the Madurai bench of Madras high court here on Saturday. Three benches headed by Justice B Pugalendhi, Justice S Srimathy and Justice R Vijayakumar were constituted to hear the cases.

Taking into account that proper procedure was not followed and authorisation not obtained from Chief Justice (CJ) before initiating a suo-motu writ petition, a division bench of Madras high court has dismissed a plea which was initiated by the registry based on the order of a single judge.

A division bench of Madras high court has stayed a single bench order regarding regulation of VIP darshan and providing basic facilities to devotees visiting the Subramaniya Swamy temple at Tiruchendur in Tuticorin.

A dealer who uses the vehicle or permits someone to use it for certain limited purposes other than purposes enumerated under Rule 41 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules without temporary registration should be considered to be the deemed owner, for the purpose of payment of compensation for the injuries/death arising out of an accident, the Madras high court has said. The court said this while upholding an order passed by the motor accident claims tribunal which fixed liability on a two-wheeler dealer to pay compensation in an accident case.

The Madras high court has directed Tangedco to pay 9.07 lakh as compensation to a woman whose husband died due to electrocution in Trichy district in 2016.The court was hearing the petition filed by Lakshmi. The petitioner stated that her husband Palanisamy was an agriculturist.

madurai madras high court has closed a plea which sought to construct a high rise compound wall around the police shooting range at poovani village near srivilliputhur in virudhunagar districtpetitioner p ramasubbu a resident of srivilliputhur cited an incident where a 11yearold boy was killed by a stray bullet from the narthamalai police firing range in pudukottai last december to support his demand in his counter virutium.

The Madras high court has granted interim stay on an order passed by the state human rights commission (SHRC) which recommended the state government to pay 25,000 compensation to a man as the Karur police failed to register an FIR based on his complaint.

Madras high court has granted an interim injunction restraining the authorities from setting up a Tasmac liquor shop at Morupatti village in Trichy district on a petition in this regard.

The Madras high court on Thursday sought a response from the state government on a batch of pleas which sought to cancel the permission granted for operation of sand quarries at Kalkuruchi and Seikalathur villages adjacent to the Vaigai riverbed in Manamadurai taluk in Sivaganga district.

The Madras high court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the construction of an electric crematorium over a water channel at Neduvasal village in Thanjavur district.

He is tired and dejected with what happened to his wife. But D R Vijayakumar is fighting and hoping for justice, even as he is being accused by the V-C V G Talawar of abusing him regarding caste.

A petitioner in a Madras High Court case seeking permission to hold a traditional bull-taming event called Jallikattu has been denied relief, with the court citing a lack of government competence to make a final decision on the matter. The petitioner, R Manickam, had argued that the event should be allowed to take place jointly by all communities in the village, given the current law and order situation. However, the government's representative argued that a peace committee meeting had been held on January 3 and that the administration was still in the process of making a final decision. The division bench of justices D Krishnakumar and R Vijayakumar ruled that the high court is not inclined to entertain the petition, as the government has not yet taken a final decision on the matter.

The special court for the trial of bomb blast cases on Tuesday sentenced five men to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a case of printing counterfeit currency notes worth Rs 1.18 core at Velandipalayam in the city in June 2018.

The Madras high court on Thursday sought a response from the district administration officials on a plea against the construction of a public toilet on the banks of Vaigai river at Sholavandan in Madurai district.

Taking into account the erection of various mobile phone towers, windmills and solar power plants across the state, the Madras high court has observed that it is the right time for the state government to frame rules as contemplated under Section 161 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act.

The Madras high court has been asked to give a direction to the Dindigul district administration to forbear it from laying a road from Dolphin’s Nose to Vattakanal village which comes under the wildlife corridor of the Kodaikanal wildlife sanctuary.

The Madras high court on Wednesday disposed of a plea which sought to ensure basic facilities at the Thirumananjeri government high school situated at Karambakudi taluk in Pudukottai district.

Madras high court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction to forbear Archeological Survey of India (ASI) and the state government from constructing the Adichanallur on-site museum two kilometres away from the excavation site in Tuticorin district.

Taking into account that the state has taken steps to clean the high-level water channel in the Western Ghats in Kanyakumari district, the Madras high court on Tuesday closed a plea which sought to direct the authorities to clean the same.

The Madras high court has reversed a clean chit given by a company court to actor R Vijayakumar in a forgery-cum-land deal case. By the time the company court absolved Vijayakumar of all criminal charges on January 6, 2011, a magistrate court in the city had examined 44 witnesses and 85 documents, and the trial was nearing completion.

A social activist on Friday moved the Madras high court, seeking for a direction to the authorities to provide release certificate and interim compensation to 33 bonded labourers who were rescued in Virudhunagar district, in 2020.