‘Delay in employing staff for clinics would cause damage’
The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that any delay in employing essential staff for the Amma Mini Clinics at this stage would cause irreparable damage to the capacity of the State to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
It would also affect efforts to fight other seasonal diseases and derail the plan to implement the massive vaccination exercise. The government said the employment of essential staff was only temporary and contractual in nature.
In a counter-affidavit submitted to the court, the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine T.S. Selvavinayagam said work relating to the COVID-19 pandemic had to be done without disturbing or compromising the regular health programmes. This cannot be done if regular staff are diverted to fever clinics and mini clinics.
HC modifies punishment imposed on PET
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Court turns his dismissal into compulsory retirement with pension benefits
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Court turns his dismissal into compulsory retirement with pension benefits
Dismissing the writ petition filed by a Physical Education Teacher who had challenged the departmental punishment imposed on him on certain charges, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that a teacher had to be a role model to students.
Justice M. Dhandapani observed that the teacher was the backbone of the next generation and unless he or she inculcated good habits in the minds of the students, who looked upon their teacher as their role model, the foundation of the country would be shaken.
Court directs costs in seizure of vehicles case to be paid to Government Observation Home
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January 09, 2021 16:31 IST
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the petitioners/owners who had undertaken to pay non-refundable costs, to pay the amount to the Government Observation Home in Madurai
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the petitioners/owners who had undertaken to pay non-refundable costs, to pay the amount to the Government Observation Home in Madurai
While ordering the authorities to release vehicles seized in connection with the illegal transportation of rice and sand, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the petitioners/owners who had undertaken to pay non-refundable costs, to pay the amount to the Government Observation Home in Madurai, for the welfare of the residents.
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Three public interest litigation petitions have been filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court challenging the government order that permits 100% occupancy in cinema theatres in the State.
After this was mentioned before a Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi, the judges agreed to take up the PIL petitions for hearing on Friday. The petitioners complained that the G.O. was passed keeping only the theatre owners in mind and ignoring the lives of the general public.
Pointing to the recent instances where employees of five star hotels and students of the IIT-Madras had tested positive for COVID-19, the petitioners said if the standard operating procedures were ignored, theatres too would turn into clusters.
New set of judges for the High Court Bench
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A new of judges will preside over the court proceedings in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court from January 4, 2021. Justice M.M. Sundresh will be the administrative judge of the High Court Bench for the next three months.
A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi will hear public interest litigation petitions and writ appeals from the year 2018 onwards. A Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and S. Kannammal will hear writ appeals up to the year 2017.
A Division Bench of Justices T. Raja and G. Ilangovan will hear habeas corpus petitions, criminal appeals and other criminal cases to be heard by a division bench.