Friday, April 27, 2012


NOTIFICATION  NO. 128 / 2012 
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       VACATION COURT FOR SUMMER VACATION  2012 ARRANGEMENTS 
   FOR THE PRINCIPAL SEAT AT MADRAS 

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 It is  hereby notified that the following arrangements have been made  for 
the vacation sitting for the Summer Vacation 2012 (1st May 2012 to 3rd June 2012), 
for the High Court, Madras.

 The period  of Summer Vacation for this year is split into three parts for 
the purpose of vacation Court sitting arrangements, as follows :- 



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 I   PART      : Tuesday,  the 1st   May 2012 to 
          Sunday, the 13th May 2012

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 II  PART      : Monday, the  14th May 2012 to 
             Sunday,  the 27th   May  2012 
 
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 III PART      : Monday,   the 28th May 2012 to
   Sunday,   the 3rd June  2012

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   I � PART (May 1st to May 13th)
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   The Hon'ble Thiru Justice C.S.Karnan, Hon'ble Thiru.Justice K.Ravichandra Baabu 
and  Hon'ble  Thiru  Justice  P.Devadass, will  be  the  Hon'ble  Vacation Judges for the         
I part  of  the  Vacation  on  the dates mentioned below, unless & otherwise notified for 
other days also, for  disposal  of  very  urgent  matters. The details  of work allotment 
are as follows:-      
     

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Date of Sitting  Hon'ble Judges    Subjects
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   1. Hon'ble Thiru Justice C.S.KARNAN All Division Bench Matters
 03.05.2012,    and
 09.05.2012     Hon'ble Thiru Justice 
     &      K.RAVICHANDRA BAABU 
 10.05.2012  --------------------------------------------------------------------   
   2. Hon'ble Thiru Justice C.S.KARNAN After Division Bench 
        work � Writ Petition � 
        Gen. Misc., Tax, MV, 
        MV Tax, Education, 
        Mines & Minerals, Industries, 
        EB, Land Acq. and 
        Local Authority.
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   3. Hon'ble Thiru  Justice   After Division Bench
      K.RAVICHANDRA BAABU   work � Writ Petition � Labour,
        Service, 
        Customs & Central Excise, 
        Cinema, Prohibition & Excise,
        Forest, ULC, Land Reforms, 
        Land Tenancy, APM, 
        Co-op. Society and 
        Appellate Side & 
        Original Side matters
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   4. Hon'ble Thiru  Justice  P.DEVADASS All Single Bench 
        Criminal Side Matters
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    II PART (May 14th to May 27th)
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 The Hon'ble Thiru Justice V.Dhanapalan,  Hon'ble Thiru.Justice B.Rajendran 
and  Hon'ble Thiru Justice T.Mathivanan, will be  the Hon'ble Vacation Judges  for  
the II part  of  the  Vacation  on the dates mentioned below, unless and otherwise 
notified  for  other  days also, for disposal of very urgent  matters. The details 
of work allotment are as follows:-


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Date of Sitting  Hon'ble Judges    Subjects
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   1. Hon'ble Thiru Justice V.DHANAPALAN  All Division Bench Matters
    and 
16.05.2012,      Hon'ble Thiru  Justice B.RAJENDRAN
17.05.2012,   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
23.05.2012   2. Hon'ble Thiru Justice  V.DHANAPALAN After Division Bench
&         work � Writ Petition � 
        Gen. Misc.,
24.05.2012       Tax, MV, MV Tax, Education, 
        Mines & Minerals, Industries, 
        EB, Land Acq. and 
        Local Authority.
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   3. Hon'ble Thiru Justice B.RAJENDRAN After Division Bench 
        work � Writ Petition � Labour, 
        Service, 
        Customs & Central Excise, 
        Cinema, Prohibition & Excise, 
        Forest, ULC, Land Reforms, 
        Land Tenancy, APM, 
        Co-op Society and 
        Appellate Side & Original Side 
        matters
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   4 Hon'ble Thiru Justice T.MATHIVANAN All Single Bench 
        Criminal Side Matters
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    III -_PART (May 28th  to June 3rd )
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 The Hon'ble Thiru Justice K.Venkataraman,  Hon'ble Thiru.Justice C.S.Karnan 
and Hon'ble Tmt. Justice Aruna Jagadeesan,  will be the Hon'ble Vacation Judges for 
the III part  of  the  Vacation  on the dates mentioned below, unless and otherwise 
notified for  other  days  also, for  disposal  of very urgent matters. The details 
of work allotment are as follows:-                                                                                                  

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Date of Sitting  Hon'ble Judges    Subjects
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   1. Hon'ble Thiru    All Division Bench Matters
30.05.2012      Justice K.VENKATARAMAN
&      and
31.05.2012     Hon'ble Thiru Justice C.S.KARNAN
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   2. Hon'ble Thiru    After Division Bench
      Justice K.VENKATARAMAN  work � Writ Petition � 
        Gen. Misc., Tax, MV, 
        MV Tax, Education, 
        Mines & Minerals, Industries, 
        EB, Land Acq. and 
        Local Authority.
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   3. Hon'ble Thiru Justice C.S.KARNAN After Division Bench 
        work � Writ Petition � Labour, 
        Service, 
        Customs & Central Excise, 
        Cinema, Prohibition & Excise, 
        Forest, ULC, Land Reforms, 
        Land Tenancy, APM, 
        Co-op. Society and 
        Appellate Side & Original Side 
        matters
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   4. Hon'ble Tmt.    All Single Bench
      Justice ARUNA JAGADEESAN  Criminal Side Matters
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 The following Officers are nominated as Vacation Officers for the  corresponding
sitting   days of the Hon'ble Vacation Judges during I Part, II Part and III Part of the 
vacation, respectively. 



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 PART - I  1. Tmt. R. Susheela Devi, Deputy Registrar (A.S)       
    2. Tmt.B.P.Rajitha, Asst. Registrar (O.S.I) 
    3. Tmt. S.Malarvizhi, Asst. Registrar (Writs) 

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 PART � II  1. Thiru K.V. Sathyamurthy, Deputy Registrar (Lok Adalat)
    2. Thiru A.S.Thirumalai, Asst. Registrar (T & P)
    3.Tmt. K. Varathalakshmi, Asst.  Registrar (Rules)     

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 PART � III  1. Tmt. N. Saraswathi,Deputy Registrar (Accounts)
    2. Tmt.R.Chandrikadevi, Asst. Registrar (Admn.II)
        3. Thiru.S.Gurumurthy, Asst. Registrar (O.S.II)

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 No plaint or appeal or other proceedings will be received during the said period, 
unless it is accompanied by an application showing the urgency for an order to receive. 

 In any case of great urgency, applications  may be made  by delivering  to the 
Vacation Officers  with a request to transmit  the  necessary  papers  to  the Hon'ble 
Vacation Judge  concerned  and the  Vacation Officers shall, if they consider the case 
as one of the sufficient urgency, arrange for the transmission of the necessary papers 
and the case will be heard according  to  the directions of the Hon'ble Vacation Judge 
concerned either  at the Court or at  the  Hon'ble Judge's residence  on  the next day 
at 10.30 A.M. unless it is a holiday for the High Court, or such other convenient time, 
which will be communicated to the practitioners. 

 No application  should  be  presented at the residence of the Hon'ble Vacation 
Judges, under  any  circumstances and no lunch motion should be entertained during the 
Summer Vacation and that in  Bail Petitions, lower court bail order should be enclosed 
along  with  the  petitions  and  that  this  is subject to the permission, if granted, 
by the concerned Hon'ble Judge, only through the Vacation Officer. 

     The Hon'ble  Vacation  Judges  will  sit in the Vacation Court from  10.30 A.M 
to 4.45 P.M.

 The application  for the issue of certified or carbon copies of the orders and 
the  Process  fees  for  the issue of Notice etc., should be presented to the Vacation 
Officer concerned and after obtaining the orders of the Vacation Officer, may be filed 
in the Office.
  
 Notice  of  any application of urgent matters will have to be given along with 
papers to the Vacation Officers before 1.30 P.M on the following filing dates:


      FILING DAYS    SITTING DAYS 
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 02.05.2012 (Wednesday)        03.05.2012 (Thursday) 

 07.05.2012 (Monday)   09.05.2012 (Wednesday) 
 08.05.2012 (Tuesday)   10.05.2012 (Thursday)

 14.05.2012 (Monday)        16.05.2012 Wednesday)  
 15.05.2012 (Tuesday)   17.05.2012 (Thursday) 

 21.05.2012 (Monday)          23.05.2012 (Wednesday)
 22.05.2012 (Tuesday)   24.05.2012 (Thursday)             
 28.05.2012 (Monday)   30.05.2012 (Wednesday) 
 29.05.2012 (Tuesday)   31.05.2012 (Thursday)


 The Registry will work from 10.00 A.M to 4.45 P.M on all  days during Summer Vacation 
2012, except  on the Court sitting days,  on  which  days  the  working  hours  will  be from 
10.00 A.M to 5.45 P.M  or till the Court work is over, whichever is later.
    
 Notification regarding  the Summer Vacation 2012 for the Madurai Bench of Madras High 
Court will be  issued separately by the Registrar (Admn.), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court 
at Madurai.



     // By Order //
HIGH COURT, MADRAS                                        G.CHOCKALINGAM
DATED:  26.04.2012                           REGISTRAR GENERAL





Sunday, November 6, 2011

From 1st April, 2012, Limitation of cheques and drafts to be reduced to three months from six months.

 

Three-month validity of cheques, drafts from April 1

NEW DELHI: The life of your cheques and bank drafts has just been halved to three months.
In a notification issued on Friday evening the Reserve Bank of India said that from April 1, 2012, banks, drafts, pay orders and bankers' cheques will have to be presented within three months of the date of issue of these instruments. So, the next time you issue a cheque or get a draft prepared, make sure it is presented quickly.
The change has been prompted by instances of misuse of the payment instruments. "It has been brought to the notice of Reserve Bank by Government of India that some persons are taking undue advantage of the said practice of banks of making payment of cheques/drafts/pay orders/banker's cheques presented within a period of six months from the date of the instrument as these instruments are being circulated in the market like cash for six months," the notification said.

Banks have been instructed to print the change on the cheque leaves and drafts that will be issued from April 1, 2012, so that consumers are aware of the new guidelines.
Over the last few years, a system has evolved in which a cheque issued in favour of person A would be transferred to person B, on receipt of a commission as banks were willing to credit them into someone else's account. With the new norms, RBI hopes to reduce such instances of misuse.
Along with this change it has also asked banks to ensure that account payee cheques and drafts are only credit into accounts of the person who is the recipient.
Although the break up was unavailable, bankers said the move would affect individuals more as companies usually deposited cheques and drafts within hours of receiving it as they do not want to lose out on any interest income.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Three-month-validity-of-cheques-drafts-from-April-1/articleshow/10625630.cms

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Holidays on Poll days for Local Body Elections, 2011

ABSTRACT
Holidays – Holidays on Poll days for Local Body Elections, 2011 – Declaration of
holiday on the dates of poll [17.10.2011 (Monday) and 19.10.2011 (Wednesday)] as Holidays – Notified.
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-1) Department
G.O.(Ms.) No.76 Dated 11.10.2011
Read:
Tamil Nadu State Election Commission’s S.O.No.47/2011/TNSEC/PE-I, dated
21.9.2011.
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ORDER:
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission has notified the schedule for the ordinary elections to Local Bodies. The 1st phase of election is on Monday, the 17th October, 2011 and the 2nd phase of election is on Wednesday, the 19th October, 2011.
The Government have decided to declare the said days of Poll as public holidays under section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881). All Government Offices including industrial establishments of the Government and Government controlled bodies and all educational institutions will remain closed on
17.10.2011 in the areas where polling takes place in the first phase and on 19.10.2011 in the areas where polling takes place in the second phase.
2. Accordingly, the following Notification will be published in an Extra-ordinary issue of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated 11.10.2011.


NOTIFICATION
Under the Explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881), read with the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs No.20-25-26, Public-I, dated the 8th June 1957, the Governor of
Tamil Nadu, hereby declares Monday, the 17th October 2011 and Wednesday, the 19th October 2011, the dates on which the poll for the ordinary election to the local bodies 2011 will take place, to be public holidays, in those areas wherever such poll takes place.


(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)


Debendranath Sarangi,
Chief Secretary to Government.
To
The Director of Stationery and Printing, Chennai-2.
.. 2 ..
The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-79.
(for publication of the Notification in an Extra-ordinary issue of Tamil Nadu Government
Gazette dated 11.10.2011and to supply 1200 copies to Government.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, Chennai-106.
All Secretaries to Government, Chennai-9.
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Chennai-3.
The Registrar, High Court, Chennai-104.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai-2.
The Manager, RBI, Chennai-1 and other leading Banking Institutions.
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments
and Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
(for issue of Press Release and Coverage of TV & Radio)
Copy to:
The Secretary to Governor, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai-32.
Honourable Chief Minister’s Office, Chennai-9.
All Public Sector Undertakings/Corporations.
All Universities of the State,
All Central Government Offices.
The Chairman, Chennai Port Trust, Chennai-1.
The Deputy Principal Information Officer,
Press Information, Government of India, Chennai-1.
The Director of National Informatics Centre, Chennai-9.
// Forwarded / By Order //
SECTION OFFICER.