Chennai Mar 31 PTI While granting bail to a youth arrested for participating in a bike race on city road and thereby threatening the other motorists the Madras High Court on Thursday imposed a condition of assisting the ward-boys in the Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital for 30 days Justice G Jayachandran said L Praveen 21 shall report before the duty doctor of the hospital in the trauma ward daily at 8 am and stay there till 1200 noon He shall assist the ward-boys to take care of the patients for 30 days He shall submit a one page report daily about his experience to the duty doctor and the dean They shall forward the reports at the end of the 30th day to the III Metropolitan Magistrate in George Town for his appraisal The other conditions included Praveen executing a personal bond for Rs 30000 with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the III MM He shall appear before the investigation officer IO as and when required for interrogation and shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial the judge added According to police on Mach 20 Praveen and three others were riding in two bikes in a rash manner near Stanley Hospital towards Moolakothalam in the city which resulted in an accident and caused nuisance and terror in the minds of the general public using the road And they were arrested the same day PTI CORR SA SA

Chennai Feb 23 PTI The Madras High Court on Wednesday held that the elections conducted to the South Indian Artistes Association SIAA are valid A division bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Mohammed Shaffiq which upheld the elections conducted on June 23 2019 as valid directed the authorities concerned to take up the counting process Though the judges said that the counting and declaration of the results should be made in four weeks they restrained the authorities from declaring the results for three weeks This followed a plea from the counsel for the aggrieved parties to grant time to appeal against the order before the Supreme Court The judges ordered the election authorities of SIAA to secure the ballot boxes kept in the lockers of the South Indian Bank and carry out the process for counting votes The election to the SIAA had been entangled in long legal battles after the issuance of the poll notification in 2018 After the tenure of the office-bearers -- actors Vishal Nassar and Karthi -- ended in 2018 their term was extended by six months with the approval of the executive committee Subsequently the polls were announced and a retired judge of the High Court -- E Padmanabhan -- was announced as the election officer The election was conducted under his supervision on June 23 2019 when the present legal battle started Putting an end to the issue for the time being the bench passed the present order today PTI CORR SA SA