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The Madras High Court was a pioneer in Original Side jurisdiction reform in favor of Indian practitioners as early as the 1870s. The history means that the decisions of the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are still binding on it, provided that the ratio of a case has not been overruled by the Supreme Court of India.
Madhya Pradesh High Court [13] 2 January 1936: Government of India Act 1935: Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur: Gwalior, [A] Indore [A] 53 39 14 Suresh Kumar Kait: 15 Madras High Court: 26 June 1862: Indian High Courts Act 1861: Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu: Chennai: Madurai [A] 75 56 19 K. R. Shriram: 16 Manipur High Court: 25 March 2013
In its ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court judgement, which in turn had struck down the Government Order (G.O) passed in 1927 in the Madras Presidency. [1] The G.O had provided caste-based reservation in government jobs and college seats.
Each High Court could consist of a chief justice and up to 15 judges. Under §3 of the Act, judges could be selected from barristers (with five years of experience), civil servants (with ten years of experience including three years as a zillah judge), judges of small cause courts or sudder ameen (with five years of experience), or pleaders of lander courts or High Courts (with five years of ...
Court: Madras High Court: Full case name: S Sushma & Anr. versus Commissioner of Police & Ors. Decided: TBA: Citations: W.P. No. 7284 of 2021 7 June 2021; 31 August 2021; 4 October 2021; 6 December 2021; 23 December 2021; 2 September 2022; Court membership; Judge sitting: N Anand Venkatesh, J. Case opinions
Over the course of his distinguished career, Badsha held several key positions, including standing counsel for the Central Government in 1967 and state Public Prosecutor for the Madras High Court in 1974. In 1986, he declined an appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court, choosing instead to continue his practice as an advocate. [8]
In 1950, India's Constitution went into effect. The Communal governmental order was shortly annulled by the Madras High Court on the basis that it was unconstitutional. The decision was upheld by the Supreme Court. A Statewide protest against the court judgment was led by Periyar. [2] The Congress also backed the reservations.
The Madras High Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of the Madras High Court S.K. Kaul recommended the appointment of N Anand Venkatesh as an Additional Judge of Madras High Court on 19 December 2016. The recommendation was cleared by the Supreme Court Collegium in December 2017 and he was appointed on 4 June 2018.