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Every employee of the Corporation must know Tamil, without which it might be difficult for them to cope with administrative exigencies. Though the petitioner had shown lethargy and disinterest in qualifying in Tamil, if his service was terminated abruptly, it would have an impact on his career, the judge said. … [Read more...] about TANGEDCO employee gets one more chance to clear Tamil test

Further the Judge pointed out that in the recent years, the quality of investigation in the State was considerably decreasing and the conviction rate was slowly declining, while the combined acquittal and discharge rate was on the rise. If the investigation is carried out in such a manner, victims will lose their faith in the system, the court said. … [Read more...] about HC directs State to respond to queries on conduct of investigation

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday allowed the petition filed by music director Harris Jayaraj who sought relief from levy of maximum demand charges and compensation towards low power factor by TANGEDCO on Thanjavur-based G.V. Studio City cinema theatre, of which he is the lessee. … [Read more...] about HC relief for music director

Mr. Rathinam said that it was only after the intervention of retired Madras High Court Judge A. Selvam that Mr. Senthil and his wife received proper treatment at a government hospital and the police agreed to look into the issue. However, nothing much happened thereafter, he said. … [Read more...] about File status report on probe into Poolankurichi incident: HC

Questioning the monitoring mechanism in place and whether the district and the taluk level task force were taking appropriate action in tackling the issues, the court also sought to know if any action was taken against officials for failing to stop the irregularities. … [Read more...] about File status report on illegal sand quarrying, says HC