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Plea challenges English-only rule, seeks Tamil in court proceedings

Plea challenges English-only rule, seeks Tamil in court proceedings

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The Madras High Court Advocates Association has moved the Madras High Court, asking that Tamil be permitted as an optional language alongside English in court proceedings and that the 1965 Cabinet policy restricting the use of regional languages in High Courts be set aside. The plea was presented before a bench led by the Chief Justice.

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    NEW DELHI: Saying that there was “no ground to interfere,” the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former Tamil Nadu minister K N Nehru’s plea against an FIR in the alleged Rs 634 crore cash-for-job scam case. Dismissing Nehru’s petition, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu said, “There…

    — The New Indian Express

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CHENNAI: The Madras High Court Advocates Association has moved the High Court demanding the optional use of Tamil alongside English in court proceedings and to quash the 1965 Cabinet policy restricting the use of regional languages in High Courts. When the plea came up before the Bench of Chief…

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Plea challenges English-only rule, seeks Tamil in court proceedings

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court Advocates Association has moved the High Court demanding the optional use of Tamil alongside English in court proceedings and to quash the 1965 Cabinet policy restricting the use of regional languages in High Courts. When the plea came up before the Bench of Chief…

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Supreme Court rejects Nehru’s plea against FIR in cash-for-jobs case

NEW DELHI: Saying that there was “no ground to interfere,” the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former Tamil Nadu minister K N Nehru’s plea against an FIR in the alleged Rs 634 crore cash-for-job scam case. Dismissing Nehru’s petition, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu said, “There…

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