Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The report prepared by senior advocate on the directions of Supreme Court of India found out many shortcomings in the offices of district and state consumer redressal bodies in many states of India. These include absence of storage rooms for case files, lack of member chambers for convenience of members hearing complaints, non availability of ...
The Madras High Court is the country's oldest, established on 26 June 1862, while the Allahabad High Court is the largest, hosting 160 judges. High Courts that handle large numbers of cases have permanent benches (or a branch of the court).
Madras High Court (Puducherry, Tamil Nadu) 27 September 2024 (139 days) 27 September 2025 (−226 days) 1 year, 1 day Bombay: 21 June 2013 (11 years, 237 days) 32 Since 20 January 2025: D. Krishnakumar: Manipur High Court : 22 November 2024 (83 days) 21 May 2025 (−97 days) 181 days Sanjiv Khanna: Madras: 7 April 2016 (8 years, 312 days) 87 Since
C. V. Karthikeyan [1] is a sitting Judge of the Madras High Court. He is one of the Members of the Board of Governors of the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy. Justice C. V. Karthikeyan was appointed Additional Judge, High Court of Madras on 6 October 2016. [2]
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 27 January 2025, 367 of the seats, about 32.71% 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 ...
Arun Kumar & Anr. versus Inspector General of Registration & Ors. (2019) is a decision of the Madras High Court which recognised trans woman as a "bride" within the meaning of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and prohibited genital-normalizing surgery (referred to as sex reassignment surgery in the case) for intersex infants and children except on life-threatening situations.