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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 Madras High Court held that reservation in promotion is available only to SC and ST and not to OBC. [citation needed] Sudam Shankar Baviskar v. Edu. Off. (Sec), Z. P. Jalgaon 2007 (2) MhLJ 802: Consequential seniority is not available to VJNT. [expand acronym] [citation needed] Union of India v. S. Kalugasalamoorthy 2010 writ no. 15926/2007
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 ...
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
The Madras High Court was established on 26 June 1862 and is the highest judicial authority of the state with control over all the civil and criminal courts in the state. [9] It is headed by a Chief Justice, a position currently held by K. R. Shriram. [10] The court is based out of Chennai and has a bench at Madurai since 2004. [11]
The Madras Service Commission started with three members, including the chairman. After re-organisation of the states in 1957, several state level commissions were constituted. The Madras Service Commission became the Madras Public Service Commission with headquarters at Madras in the year 1957.
[4] [5] On 4 October 2021, the court issued a directive to the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, instructing the academy to organize sensitization programs for judges within the District Judiciary and the Madras High Court.
5 December 2024. Biswanath Somadder: Sikkim High Court: Sikkim: 12 October 2021 (3 years, 109 days) 14 December 2025 (−319 days) 4 years, 64 days Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana: Ram Nath Kovind: Calcutta: 1st Since 27 October 2023. Served as 9th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court from 27 April 2020 to 11 October 2021: Sujoy Paul † Telangana ...