‘Upgrade airport status’
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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered notice to the Centre and the State on a PIL petition seeking direction to notify Madurai airport as international airport.
A Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and S. Ananthi, however, made it clear that it was a matter of policy decision. It sought response and adjourned the plea filed by A. Satheesh Kumar, president of Forum of Tour Organisers, Madurai.
The petitioner said Madurai and other southern districts in the State were dependent on the airport in Madurai. It remained a domestic airport till 2012 and was then declared a customs airport with limited international flights. The spacious integrated terminal building was capable of handling 700 peak hour passengers. It could handle 1.5 million passengers a year and had the potential for growth in terms of passenger operations.
HC orders status quo on shops
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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered status quo on erecting of shops along the Triveni Sangamam in Kanniyakumari district. A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi passed the order in the public interest litigation petition filed by P. Palavesamuthu of Kanniyakumari district.
The petitioner complained that the shops would come within the Coastal Regulation Zone and would also affect the aesthetic view of the monuments that were located close by. This would cause hindrance to the public, pilgrims and tourists, he said and sought a direction to forbear the authorities concerned from putting up the shops.
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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday directed that all petitions pertaining to release of vehicles involved in illegal sand quarrying be posted before the Division Bench.
A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Sathish Kumar observed that the court in 2018 in a series of directions held that such petitions had to be filed before the designated court for mines and minerals related cases.
The court observed that despite the order of the Division Bench, day in and day out petitions were filed and orders were passed. Either, the orders of the Division Bench were not brought to the notice of the Single Bench or the government was not desirous of filing an appeal.
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday allowed a petition that sought permission to conduct an awareness programme to collect funds for Ayodhya Ram temple. A campaign van was to go around Ma
HC pulls up finance secretary for disobeying order, seeks explanation
Even after the contempt petition was filed, the officer was not cooperating and the case had to be adjourned nearly seven times, the judge observed.
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MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday reprimanded the State Secretary of Finance (Salaries) Department for disobeying the orders passed by the court and sought an explanation from him. Justice M S Ramesh was hearing a contempt petition filed by one S Dhanalakshmi, a government school teacher, who has been awaiting reimbursement of her medical expenses since 2019.