High court strength comes down to 57 as another judge retires
Times News Network | Sep 25, 2019, 04.20 AM IST
Chennai: One among the 10 woman judges of the Madras high court, Justice S Ramathilagam, retired on Tuesday after 29-years of service in the state judiciary.
With her retirement, the total strength of the high court has come down to 57 as against the sanctioned strength of 75.
Justice Ramathilagam made the headlines through her order denying anticipatory bail to actor-turned-politician S Ve Shekher, who apprehended arrest in connection with a derogatory post about a journalist forwarded by him on his social media account.
Rejecting Shekher’s application, Justice Ramathilagam had observed that sharing social media posts or forwards is akin to endorsing them.
Noting that no one has any right to abuse women and, if done, it is a violation of rights, she had said that there cannot be any harsher words than this which portrays [that] all working women coming up in life are sacrificing their chastity.
She had added that regularly we see young emotional boys getting arrested for doing these types of activities on social media. Law is the same for everyone and people should not lose faith in the judiciary. Mistakes and crimes are not same. Only children can make mistakes which can be pardoned. If the same is done by elderly people, it becomes an offence, she had said.
Justice Ramathilagam, a native of Coimbatore, entered judicial service in 1991 as a judicial magistrate. In 2013, she was promoted as principal district judge and posted in the Namakkal district court. In 2016, she was made the chief judge, Puducherry.
In September 2017, she was elevated as an additional judge of the Madras high court. In August 2019, she was made as a permanent judge of the high court.
Times News Network | Sep 25, 2019, 04.20 AM IST
Chennai: One among the 10 woman judges of the Madras high court, Justice S Ramathilagam, retired on Tuesday after 29-years of service in the state judiciary.
With her retirement, the total strength of the high court has come down to 57 as against the sanctioned strength of 75.
Justice Ramathilagam made the headlines through her order denying anticipatory bail to actor-turned-politician S Ve Shekher, who apprehended arrest in connection with a derogatory post about a journalist forwarded by him on his social media account.
Rejecting Shekher’s application, Justice Ramathilagam had observed that sharing social media posts or forwards is akin to endorsing them.
Noting that no one has any right to abuse women and, if done, it is a violation of rights, she had said that there cannot be any harsher words than this which portrays [that] all working women coming up in life are sacrificing their chastity.
She had added that regularly we see young emotional boys getting arrested for doing these types of activities on social media. Law is the same for everyone and people should not lose faith in the judiciary. Mistakes and crimes are not same. Only children can make mistakes which can be pardoned. If the same is done by elderly people, it becomes an offence, she had said.
Justice Ramathilagam, a native of Coimbatore, entered judicial service in 1991 as a judicial magistrate. In 2013, she was promoted as principal district judge and posted in the Namakkal district court. In 2016, she was made the chief judge, Puducherry.
In September 2017, she was elevated as an additional judge of the Madras high court. In August 2019, she was made as a permanent judge of the high court.
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