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7Nov

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Jaggi Vasudev’s Padma Vibhushan award: Madras High Court dismisses plea to revoke it

Jaggi Vasudev receives the Padma Vibhushan award in 2017 from then President of India Pranab Mukherjee. File photo | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Madras High Court on Thursday (November 7, 2024) dismissed a writ petition filed in 2017, seeking a direction to the Centre to consider a plea to revoke the Padma Vibhushan award conferred on Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on the grounds that his Isha Foundation was facing multiple charges and court cases.The First Division Bench of Chief Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the orders after hearing the arguments advanced by M. Radhakrishnan, counsel for the writ petitioner M. Vetriselvan, and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AR.L. Sundaresan...

26Oct

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Muslim women can claim damages from bigamous husband, rules Madras High Court

A view of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. File photo | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK A Muslim woman is entitled to claim damages/compensation from her bigamous husband since his act would amount to inflicting mental harm on her and squarely fall under the definition of the term ‘domestic violence’ under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has held. Justice G.R. Swaminathan also held that if a Muslim woman disputes the validity of the triple talaq (divorce) pronounced by her estranged husband, the latter must necessarily approach the courts and obtain a judicial declaration after satisfying the judge to have pronounced the talaq in the manner kn...

18Oct

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No illegal detention in Sadhguru’s Isha Ashram, Tamil Nadu police tells Supreme Court | Coimbatore News – Times of India

Police team visited the Isha Foundation on Oct 1 for an inquiry. CHENNAI: The two women, Geetha, 42, and Latha, 39, were not illegally confined in Isha Ashram in Coimbatore, according to the written submission by the women monks, who were christened as Maa Mathi and Maayu. The police team, led by assistant Superintendent of Police Shristi Singh, inquired about the two siblings on Oct 2. The two sisters claimed they were in good physical and psychological condition.The issue came to light after Geetha’s father, a retired professor named Kamaraj, filed a Habeas Corpus Petition (HCP) before the Madras high court to produce his two daughters, Geetha and Latha, who he alleged were forcibly detained at the Isha Foundation. He also claimed in his petition that his younger daughter, Latha alias Ma...