On a plea registered by electronics engineer Somasundaram Ramkumar, Madras High Court has banned mobile phone makers including Samsung, Mirc Electronics and Spice Mobile and various retailers such as Ebay India and Rediff.com from making or selling cell phones having multiple SIM holding.

Mr. Ramkumar, who claims to hold patented rights over the technology used to create such handsets, had accused few handset manufacturers and retailers of breaching his patent for multiple SIM handsets.

Chennai, Mar 1: Justice B. N. Srikrishna, named by the Supreme Court to probe the February 19 lawyers-police clash at the Madras High Court, continued his inquiry for the second day on Sunday.

Earlier, the President of the Madras High Court Advocates Association, R. C. Paul Kanakaraj said that the request of Justice Srikrishna to resume work would be placed before the General Body of the Association tomorrow.

He said the lawyers were prepared to work on Saturdays and Sundays to compensate the days lost due to the protest.

Lawyers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry continued their hunger strike outside Madras high court on NSC Bose Road on Tuesday. They also turned down the government's attempts to make peace and refused to meet state law minister Duraimurugan. 

The four-member inquiry panel set up by the state administration to probe the February 19 clash was rejected by the agitating lawyers.

Duraimurugan, who went to the high court on Tuesday, met some judicial officers. He called for a meeting with senior counsels on Wednesday. "We aren't prepared for any dialogue unless the government initiates action against the senior police officers who were responsible for the assault on lawyers," Madras High Court Advocates' Association president RC Paul Kanakaraj said. 

Here’s sad news for perfectionaist Khan aka the Bollywood legend Aamir Khan fans.

One of the most anticipated films of the year, Ghajini starring Aamir Khan may not be released on Christmas Day.

On Tuesday, the all-India release of the film has been stayed by the Madras High Court. In its order, the Madras High Court has asked the producer of the film to not release the film.

Madras Aluminum Company Ltd (MALCO), a part of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc belonging to Anil Agarwal, has announced that it will ‘temporarily suspend’ aluminum production as price of the metal continues to fall on the London Metal Exchange.