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Arun Kumar & Anr. versus Inspector General of Registration & Ors. (2019) is a decision of the Madras High Court which recognised trans woman as a "bride" within the meaning of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and prohibited genital-normalizing surgery (referred to as sex reassignment surgery in the case) for intersex infants and children except on life-threatening situations.
(2021) is a landmark decision of the Madras High Court that prohibited practice of "conversion therapy" by medical professionals in India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The court directed comprehensive measures to sensitize the society and various branches of the Union and State governments to remove prejudices against the queer community.
Madras Weekly Notes is a law journal reporting criminal judgements of the Madras High Court from 1910 to till date. Citations are formatted as, e.g., "1929 1 MWN(Cr.) 1", where (left to right) 1929 is the year, 1 is the volume, "MWN(Cr.)" is the abbreviated journal name, and "1" is the page number.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court judgement, which in turn had struck down the Government Order (G.O) passed in 1927 in the Madras Presidency. [1] The G.O had provided caste-based reservation in government jobs and college seats.
The Madras High Court held that reservation in promotion is available only to SC and ST and not to OBC. [citation needed] Sudam Shankar Baviskar v. Edu. Off. (Sec), Z. P. Jalgaon 2007 (2) MhLJ 802: Consequential seniority is not available to VJNT. [expand acronym] [citation needed] Union of India v. S. Kalugasalamoorthy 2010 writ no. 15926/2007
The case was the second in terms of most number of death sentences in a single case. [6] The sentenced challenged the judgement in the High court of Tamil Nadu against the appeal. The state also appealed to the High Court against releasing Kousalya's mother and other accused who were not sentenced. [5] The appeal was taken up by the Madras High ...
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, brought into existence on 14 May 1862. [2] High courts that handle numerous cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits.
A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in which the Court ruled that Article 21 of the Constitution did not require Indian courts to apply a due process of law standard. [1]