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Government of Puducherry (Tamil: Putuccēri aracu, Telugu: ... The Madras High Court is the court for this territory, which is the same for Tamil Nadu.
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, brought into existence on 14 May 1862. [2] High courts that handle numerous cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits.
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 1 January 2025, 371 of the seats, about 33% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
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 jurisdiction of the Madras High Court has been extended to Pondicherry with effect from 6 November 1962. [note 1] The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is the head of the judiciary of Puducherry. The present chief justice is S. V. Gangapurwala. [31] [32]
The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India. [1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts.
1955-1958- Professor at the School of Law of Pondicherry; Professeur à l’Ecole de Droit de Pondichéry. [21] 1955-1963- President of the Labour Court, [21] Pondicherry; 1963-1968- Judge of the High Court of Appeal, [21] Pondicherry; 1968-1974- District and Sessions Judge, [21] Pondicherry; 1974-1984- Chief judge, [21] Pondicherry
After the bifurcation of the judiciary, the court came under a separate Judicial Department of Government of Puducherry and under the administration of the High Court, Madras and it was termed as a Judicial First Class Magistrate Court cum District Munsif Court. Subsequently, under the reform by the High Court, Madras, the Yanam was upgraded to ...