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The High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Court located in Chennai, India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry . It is one of the oldest high courts of India along with Calcutta High Court in Kolkata [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Bombay High Court in Mumbai .
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India.However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction.
M. M. Ismail (8 February 1921 – 17 January 2005) was an Indian politician who served as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu and a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life
Muthuswamy commenced his legal career immediately after graduation. He was appointed a judge of the Court of Small Causes in 1871. [1] [2] He was made Fellow of Madras University the subsequent year. [2] In 1877, the Madras Government took the controversial decision to appoint him as the first Indian judge of the High Court of Madras. [4] [5] [6]
In 1937, he completed his law degree from Madras Law College. He was appointed Public Prosecutor of Madras High Court in 1960 and also worked as acting Advocate general for few days. Kailasam became the permanent judge of this High Court on 20 October 1960 and was elevated to the post of Chief Justice on 8 April 1976. [2]
The Indian High Courts Act 1861 [1] [2] (24 & 25 Vict. c. 104) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony. [3] Queen Victoria created the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay by letters patent in 1862. These High Courts would become the precursors to the High ...
From 1789 to 1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. He became the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras (which has since become the High Court of Madras) and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817, and also wrote two volume text on Hindu ...
Nair started as a lawyer in 1880 in the High Court of Madras. In 1884, the Madras Government appointed him as a member of the committee for an enquiry into the district of Malabar. Till 1908, he was the Advocate-General to the Government and an Acting Judge from time to time. In 1908, he became a permanent Judge in the High Court of Madras and ...