Tamil Nadu: R Krishnamoorthy is new chief of Madras Bar Assn

 Senior Counsel R Krishnamoorthy has been elected President of Madras Bar Association for 2009-10 in elections held on April 28.



According to a press release here today, Mr V Bharathidasan was elected Secretary, Mr M Govindarajan (Treasurer) and R Karthikeyan (Librarian). 



A L Ganthimathi, V R Kamalanathan, M S Ramesh, S Thangavel, R Karunakaran and H Suresh Babu were elected committee members, the release added.



Meanwhile, a Madras High Court circular said May 13 would be a holiday for the Registry of the High Court--both Principal Seat at Chennai and the Madurai Bench-- and all subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in view of the Lok Sabha elections.