
Conduct inquiry proceedings against retired court staff on day to day basis, says HC
The Hindu
Coming across a case where a retired court staff of Thanjavur district had misappropriated more than ₹1.5 crore of Motor Accident Claims compensation to be disbursed, the Madurai Bench of the Madras H
Coming across a case where a retired court staff of Thanjavur district had misappropriated more than ₹1.5 crore of Motor Accident Claims compensation to be disbursed, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the inquiry proceedings against him to be conducted on a day to day basis.
A Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and G. Jayachandran dismissed the petition filed by Thinagaraja, a retired court staff at the Thanjavur court. He sought the quash of the notice issued by the Principal District Judge, Thanjavur. The PDJ had sought a written statement from the petitioner. The court imposed a cost of ₹5,000 on the petitioner.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












