Category: Chennai News

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has announced power shutdown at Ponniamman Nagar in Ambattur from 9 am to 2 pm for carrying out maintenance work. Galaxy Road, Geason Housing Colony and Periyar Street are some of the areas where the power supply will be affected. The power supply will resume before 2 […]

CHENNAI: Software engineer Keerthana had been working from home until a few months ago when she was asked to return. She has taken a shared accommodation on OMR at a rent of 8,000 a month. Siddhesh, an HR manager of an ITES company on OMR, returned from Pune and took a two-bedroom house for 17,000 […]

CHENNAI: Walkers and children have been left with few options to spend time outdoors as one of the biggest parks in East Tambaram is in bad shape and is not opened regularly. Gandhi Park with a jogging track, children’s play area and a library at Sugamaga Rishi Street was well maintained and popular before the […]

CHENNAI: If the depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal, which has been bringing rainfall over many coastal regions of TN including Chennai for the last few days, crosses the Sri Lanka coast, it would become the first weather system in 51 years to have formed in January and crossed a landmass. As of Wednesday […]

CHENNAI: All women residing in India temporarily or permanently are entitled to seek relief under the Domestic Violence Act, the Madras high court has said, adding it applies to even foreigners or Overseas Citizens of India.“A person, who is temporarily residing in India or Overseas Citizen of India, if abused economically by the spouse, who […]

Madras high court (File Photo) The Tamil Nadu government was asked by the Madras High Court to respond to a plea seeking the unavailability of gender-neutral toilets for transgender persons in the state. The court was hearing a petition filed by a transgender person who demanded the state government be proactive in providing gender-neutral toilets […]

A bench of acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy directed the State’s counsel to take instructions and file its reply to the plea within a week. The Court was hearing a petition filed by a transgender person from the city, who urged the bench to direct the State to construct gender neutral toilets in educational […]

Madras High Court Seeks Govt’s Response On Plea Seeking Gender Neutral Toilets Across State Begin typing your search above and press return to search. We use cookies for analytics, advertising and to improve our site. You agree to our use of cookies by continuing to use our site. To know more, see our Cookie Policy […]

CHENNAI: Shariat Councils are neither courts nor arbitrator of disputes and hence they cannot certify dissolution of marriage, Madras high court has said, adding that Muslim women must approach only family courts to seek divorce (khula).“While it is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable rights to dissolve the marriage by khula recognised […]

Muslim women can approach only Family Courts and not self-declared private bodies such as a Shariat council consisting of a few members of a Jamaath, in order to seek a Khula (divorce), the Madras High Court has held. It has ruled that Khula certificates issued by private bodies are invalid in law. Justice C. Saravanan […]