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The Madras High Court is an Indian high court that has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It also exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai, also known as Madras, and for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India. It is located in Chennai, with an additional bench at Madurai.

The Madras High Court was one of the three charter high courts established by the letters patent granted by the English crown on 26 June 1862, and replaced the Supreme Court of Madras, which had exercised jurisdiction over the city since 1817. It is one of the oldest high courts established in India. After the Indian independence, the high court was recognised as one of the appellate authorities as laid down by the Constitution of India adopted on 26 January 1950.

From 1862 to 1892, the High Court functioned in a makeshift building. The primary court complex in Chennai, was officially inaugurated on 12 July 1892, and is one of the largest in the world. The Madurai bench was established on 24 July 2004, and functions from a dedicated court complex in Madurai. The court has a sanctioned strength of 75 judges including the Chief Justice.

History

In the early 18th century, a Major’s Court was established in Madras, which administered the English Law for the British settlements.[2] From 1817 to 1862, the Supreme Court of Madras, was the primary court of Madras.[3] In 1861, the British parliament enacted the Indian High Courts Act and the Indian Councils Act, which abolished the existing Supreme Courts and the Sadr Diwani Adalat, and gave power to the English crown to establish High Courts in India.[2] The Madras High Court was one of three charter high courts established by the letters patent granted by the English crown on 26 June 1862, and is one of the oldest high courts established in India.[4][5][6] The order was further modified with the issuance of a fresh letters patent in 1865.[2]

After the Indian independence, the high court was recognised as one of the appellate authorities as laid down by the Constitution of India, which was adopted on 26 January 1950.[4] While the city of Madras was renamed to Chennai in 1996, the court continued to function under the older name. Though the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly passed a resolution appealing to the union government to rename the court as High Court of Tamil Nadu in 2017, the name has remained the same.[7] The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court was established on 24 July 2004.[4] The Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, funded by the Government of Tamil Nadu, was established in April 2001 under the aegis of the Madras High Court, to train judicial officers.[8]

Jurisdiction

The Madras High Court has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It also exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai, and for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India. Apart from civil and criminal courts, it has courts for small causes, labour affairs, industrial tribunal, transport appellate tribunal, and other special courts.[4] The Madurai bench of the high court handles appellate cases related to the fourteen districts–Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Madurai, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Theni, Sivaganga, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, and Karur districts of Tamil Nadu.[9][10]

Court complex

The High Court complex (right) and the light house (c.1920)

From 1862 to 1892, the High Court functioned in a building in Periamet, which earlier housed the Supreme Court of Madras and the collector office.[3][11] Construction on the new court complex at George Town began in October 1888.[12] The building was designed in Indo-Saracenic architecture by J. W. Brassington and later expanded under the guidance of Henry Irwin.[12][13] As per the original plan, 11 court halls were planned in the main building at an estimate of ₹0.95 million (equivalent to ₹460 million or US$4.8 million in 2023). Of these 11 court halls, six were meant for the High Court, four for the small causes court and one for the civil court. An additional building to host the lawyers, which was connected to the main building.[12]

The main building of the High Court
The Madurai bench of the High Court

Located close to the Chennai harbour, the court premises already incorporated a lighthouse, which was raised to a height of 175 ft (53 m) during the construction of the courthouse.[11] Most of the material for the construction were sourced locally except the steel and ornamental tiles, and local artisans were used for the work.[12] When the construction was completed in 1892, the cost had risen to ₹12.98 million (equivalent to ₹5.0 billion or US$52 million in 2023).[12] It was officially inaugurated on 12 July 1892, by Beilby Lawley, then Governor of Madras, who handed over the key to the Chief Justice Arthur Collins.[3][11] It is one of the largest court complexes in the world by area.[14]

During the First World War, the high court building was damaged when SMS Emden, a German light cruiser attacked the port on 22 September 1914.[11] The old lighthouse was closed in the later 20th century after a new lighthouse was added at the southern end of the Marina beach.[11] The complex was subsequently expanded, and the civil and other courts were subsequently shifted to other buildings on the campus, and the main building is exclusively used by the high court.[12][15]

The Madurai bench of the high court consists of a four storied building spread across 22,929 m2 (246,810 sq ft), which houses the offices, and a two storied court building, spread across 15,209 m2 (163,710 sq ft), which hosts 24 court halls, and the judges’ chambers.[10]

Composition

Further information: List of sitting judges of High Courts of India

The court is led by a Chief Justice and has a sanctioned strength of 75 judges including the chief justice.[16][17] The current chief justice is Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, who was appointed in July 2025.[18] The judges of the court are led by orderlies who bear a ceremonial mace made of silver, a practice from the British era, which has been abadnoned in most high courts and the Supreme Court of India.[19]

Publications

The Madras Law Journal was started in 1891, by a group of lawyers from the Madras Bar, based on an idea developed during a meet at S. Subramania Iyer‘s house. The journal published the judgements of the Madras High Court, along with notes and reviews of books. It is the oldest law journal in India. It was sold to Wadhwa publications in 2006, which was taken over by LexisNexis later.[20] The Law Weekly, started in 1914, also reports the judgments of the high court.[20]

List of judges

Former Chief Justices

No. Judge Term start Term end
Supreme Court of Madras
1 Thomas Strange 1801 1816
2 John Newbolt 1816 1820
3 Edmond Stanley 1820 1825
4 Ralph Palmer 1825 1835
5 Robet Comyn 1835 1842
6 Edward Gambier 1842 1850
7 Christopher Rawlinson 1850 1859
8 Henry Davison 1859 1860
9 Colley Scotland 1860 14 August 1862
Madras High Court
9 Colley Scotland 15 August 1862 21 November 1871
10 Walter Morgan 22 November 1871 7 February 1879
11 Charles Turner 3 March 1879 1885
12 Arthur Collins 1885 1899
13 Charles White 1899 July 1914
14 John Wallis November 1914 1921
15 Walter Schwabe 1921 1924
16 Murray Coutts-Trotter 3 June 1924 12 May 1929
17 Owen Beasley 1929 1937
18 Lionel Leach 1937 1947
19 Frederick Gentle 12 July 1947 19 April 1948
20 P. V. Rajamannar 20 April 1948 9 May 1961
21 S. Ramachandra Iyer 16 September 1961 1 November 1964
22 P. C. Reddy 23 November 1964 30 June 1966
23 M. Anantanarayanan 1 July 1966 30 April 1969
24 K. Veeraswami 1 May 1969 11 March 1976
25 P. S. Kailasam 8 April 1976 2 January 1977
26 Govindan Nair 3 January 1977 28 May 1978
27 Ramaprasada Rao 29 May 1978 5 November 1979
28 M. M. Ismail 6 November 1979 9 July 1981
29 Ballabh Singh 12 March 1982 24 January 1984
30 Madhukar Chandurkar 2 April 1984 13 March 1988
31 Shanmughasundaram Mohan 19 October 1989 25 October 1989
32 Adarsh Anand 1 November 1989 17 November 1991
33 Kanta Kumari 15 June 1992 14 November 1992
34 K. Annadanayya Swamy 1 July 1993 19 March 1997
35 Manmohan Singh 1 July 1997 27 December 1998
36 Ashok Agrawal 24 May 1999 26 August 1999
37 K. G. Balakrishnan 9 September 1999 7 June 2000
38 Nagendra Jain 13 September 2000 30 August 2001
39 B. Subhashan Reddy 12 September 2001 20 November 2004
40 Markandey Katju 28 November 2004 10 October 2005
41 Ajit Shah 12 November 2005 9 May 2008
42 Ashok Ganguly 19 May 2008 15 December 2008[21]
43 Hemant Gokhale 9 March 2009 28 April 2010
44 M. Y. Iqbal 11 June 2010 23 December 2012
45 Rajesh Agrawal 24 October 2013 16 February 2014
46 Sanjay Kaul 26 July 2014 16 February 2017
47 Indira Banerjee 5 April 2017 6 August 2018
48 V. K. Tahilramani 12 August 2018 6 September 2019
49 Amreshwar Sahi 11 November 2019 31 December 2020
50 Sanjib Banerjee 4 January 2021 16 November 2021
51 M. N. Bhandari 14 February 2022 12 September 2022
52 Sanjay Gangapurwala 28 May 2023 23 May 2024
53 K. R. Shriram 27 September 2024 20 July 2025
54 M. M. Shrivastava 21 July 2025 5 March 2026
55 S. A. Dharmadhikari 6 March 2026 Incumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justices

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Madras. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Madras High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Madras High Court but does not have Madras as their Parent High Court.[22]

Name Image Appointed as CJ in HC of Date of appointment Date of retirement[a] Tenure Ref..
As Judge As Chief Justice As Chief Justice As Judge[b]
John Edward Power Wallis Madras 1907 November 1914 1921 [23]
Murray Coutts-Trotter Madras January 1915 3 June 1924 1929[RES]
Gilbert Stone Nagpur 1930 9 January 1936 1943
Fredrick William Gentle Madras 1936 12 July 1947 19 April 1948[RES] 283 days [24]
Pakala Venkata Rajamannar Madras 1945 20 April 1948 9 May 1961 13 years, 20 days
Koka Subba Rao Andhra Pradesh 22 March 1948 5 July 1954 30 January 1958[‡] 3 years, 213 days 9 years, 315 days [25]
Palagani Chandra Reddy Andhra Pradesh, transferred to Madras 16 July 1949 16 June 1958 30 June 1966 8 years, 15 days 16 years, 350 days [26]
Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer Madras 1958 16 September 1961 1 November 1964[RES] 3 years, 47 days
Madavayya Anantanarayanan Madras 10 August 1959 1 July 1966 30 April 1969 2 years, 304 days 9 years, 264 days [27]
Kuppuswami Naidu Veeraswami Madras 20 February 1960 1 May 1969 7 April 1976 6 years, 343 days 16 years, 48 days [28]
Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam Madras 20 October 1960 8 April 1976 2 January 1977[‡] 270 days 16 years, 75 days
Tayi Ramaprasada Rao Madras 7 December 1966 29 May 1978 5 November 1979 1 year, 161 days 12 years, 334 days [29]
Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai Gokulakrishnan Gujarat 11 July 1969 21 March 1985 12 August 1990 5 years, 145 days 21 years, 33 days [30]
Veeraswami Ramaswami Punjab & Haryana 31 January 1971 12 November 1987 6 October 1989[‡] 1 year, 329 days 18 years, 249 days
Shanmughasundaram Mohan Madras, transferred to Karnataka 27 February 1974 19 October 1989 6 October 1991[‡] 1 year, 353 days 17 years, 222 days
Sundaram Nainar Sundaram Gujarat, transferred to Andhra Pradesh 4 January 1978 15 June 1992 3 August 1994 2 years, 50 days 16 years, 212 days [31]
Viswanathan Ratnam Himachal Pradesh 25 January 1979 29 January 1994 31 July 1994 184 days 15 years, 188 days [32]
Konduswami Venkataswamy Patna 24 July 1983 19 September 1994 5 March 1995[‡] 168 days 11 years, 225 days
Madhavachari Srinivasan Himachal Pradesh 2 June 1986 12 August 1996 24 September 1997[‡] 1 year, 44 days 11 years, 115 days
Kanniappa Arumuga Thanikkachallam Sikkim 14 August 1988 27 August 1997 26 September 1997 31 days 9 years, 44 days [33]
Doraiswamy Raju Himachal Pradesh 14 January 1990 1 July 1998 28 January 2000[‡] 1 year, 212 days 10 years, 15 days
Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan Rajasthan, transferred to Andhra Pradesh 14 June 1990 29 May 2000 19 December 2002[‡] 2 years, 205 days 12 years, 189 days
Kumar Rajarathnam Madhya Pradesh 1 January 1994 6 September 2003 12 March 2004 189 days 10 years, 72 days
Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy Chhattisgarh 17 October 1994 28 May 2004 7 January 2005 225 days 10 years, 83 days [34]
Nelavoy Dhinakar Jharkhand 4 December 2005 9 June 2006 188 days 11 years, 236 days [35]
Muthusamy Karpaga Vinayagam Jharkhand 8 January 1996 17 September 2006 15 May 2008 1 year, 242 days 12 years, 129 days [36]
Paul Daniel Dinakaran Premkumar Karnataka, transferred to Sikkim 19 December 1996 8 August 2008 29 July 2011[RES] 2 years, 356 days 14 years, 223 days [37]
Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Jammu & Kashmir 2 March 2000 18 September 2011 1 April 2012[‡] 197 days 12 years, 31 days
Darmar Murugesan Delhi 26 September 2012 10 June 2013 258 days 13 years, 101 days [38]
Chokkalingam Nagappan Orissa 27 September 2000 27 February 2013 18 September 2013[‡] 204 days 12 years, 357 days
R. Banumathi Jharkhand 3 April 2003 16 November 2013 12 August 2014[‡] 270 days 11 years, 132 days
Narayanan Nadar Paul Vasanthakumar Jammu & Kashmir 10 December 2005 2 February 2015 14 March 2017 2 years, 41 days 11 years, 95 days [39]
Ramalingam Sudhakar Manipur 18 May 2018 13 February 2021 2 years, 272 days 15 years, 66 days [40]
V. Ramasubramanian Himachal Pradesh 31 July 2006 22 June 2019 22 September 2019[‡] 93 days 13 years, 54 days
S. Manikumar Kerala 11 October 2019 24 April 2023 3 years, 196 days 16 years, 268 days
Tirunelveli Subbiah Sivagnanam Calcutta 31 March 2009 11 May 2023 15 September 2025 2 years, 128 days 16 years, 169 days
S. Vaidyanathan Meghalaya 25 October 2013 11 February 2024 16 August 2024 188 days 10 years, 297 days [41]
Deivasigamani Krishnakumar Manipur 7 April 2016 22 November 2024 21 May 2025 181 days 9 years, 45 days [40]
M. Sundar Manipur 5 October 2016 15 September 2025 Incumbent 275 days 13 years, 194 days

Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice

Name Appointed as ACJ in HC of Date of appointment as Judge Period as Acting Chief Justice Date of retirement[a] Tenure as ACJ Tenure as Judge Remarks Ref..
P. Chandra Reddy Andhra Pradesh 16 July 1949 31 Jan 1958 – 15 Jun 1958 30 June 1966 136 days 16 years, 350 days Became permanent [26]
S. Ramachandra Iyer Madras 1958 10 May 1961 – 15 Sep 1961 1 November 1964[RES] 129 days [42]
P. R. Gokulakrishnan Madras 11 July 1969 10 Jul 1981 – 11 Mar 1982 12 August 1990 245 days 21 years, 33 days — [43]
25 Jan 1984 – 2 Apr 1984 54 days [44]
S. R. Pandian Madras 27 February 1974 14 Mar 1988 – 13 Dec 1988 13 December 1988[‡] 275 days 14 years, 291 days Elevated to Supreme Court [45]
S. Mohan Madras 14 Dec 1988 – 18 Oct 1989 6 October 1991[‡] 309 days 17 years, 222 days Became permanent [46]
S. N. Sundaram Madras 4 January 1978 18 Nov 1991 – 14 Jun 1992 3 August 1994 210 days 16 years, 212 days Elevated as CJ of Gujarat [47]
V. Ratnam Madras 25 January 1979 15 Nov 1992 – 30 Jun 1993 31 July 1994 228 days 15 years, 188 days — [48]
K. A. Thanikkachallam Madras 14 August 1988 20 Mar 1997 – 6 Jul 1997 26 September 1997 109 days 9 years, 44 days [49]
A. R. Lakshmanan Kerala 14 June 1990 23 May 1999 – 19 Sep 1999 19 December 2002[‡] 120 days 12 years, 189 days
8 May 2000 – 27 May 2000 20 days Elevated as CJ of Rajasthan
N. Dhinakar Madras 17 October 1994 11 Oct 2005 – 11 Nov 2005 9 June 2006 32 days 11 years, 236 days — [50]
F. M. I. Kalifulla Jammu & Kashmir 2 March 2000 7 Apr 2011 – 17 Sep 2011 1 April 2012[‡] 197 days 12 years, 31 days Became permanent [51]
R. Sudhakar Jammu & Kashmir 10 December 2005 15 Mar 2017 – 31 Mar 2017 13 February 2021 17 days 15 years, 66 days
16 Mar 2018 – 11 May 2018 57 days Elevated as CJ of Manipur
T. S. Sivagnanam Calcutta 31 March 2009 31 Mar 2023 – 10 May 2023 15 September 2025 41 days 16 years, 169 days Became permanent
M. Duraiswamy Madras 17 Nov 2021 – 21 Nov 2021 21 September 2022 5 days 13 years, 175 days — [52]
13 Sep 2022 – 21 Sep 2022 9 days Retired as ACJ
T. Raja Madras 22 Sep 2022 – 24 May 2023 24 May 2023 245 days 14 years, 55 days [53]
S. Vaidyanathan Madras 25 October 2013 25 May 2023 – 27 May 2023 16 August 2024 3 days 10 years, 297 days — [54]
R. Mahadevan Madras 24 May 2024 – 17 Jul 2024 17 July 2024[‡] 55 days 10 years, 267 days Elevated to Supreme Court [55]
D. Krishnakumar Madras 7 April 2016 18 Jul 2024 – 26 Sep 2024 21 May 2025 72 days 9 years, 45 days —
M. V. Muralidaran Manipur 6 Feb 2023 – 19 Oct 2023 15 April 2024 256 days 8 years, 9 days
  1. ^ a b this includes date of resignation, death and elevation to supreme court
  2. ^ also includes tenure as Chief Justice

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Madras. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Madras High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Madras High Court but does not have Madras as their Parent High Court.

# Name of the Judge Image Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Immediately preceding office
In Parent High Court In Supreme Court In High Court(s) In Supreme Court Total tenure[a]
1 Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri 15 March 1939 6 December 1947[b] 3 January 1954 8 years, 266 days 6 years, 29 days 14 years, 295 days Judge of Madras HC
2 Nagapudi Chandrasekhara Aiyar 16 July 1941 23 September 1950[c] 24 January 1953 6 years, 194 days 2 years, 124 days 8 years, 318 days —
3 Tirunelveli Lakshmanasuri Venkatarama Iyer 7 January 1951 4 January 1954[d] 24 November 1958 2 years, 322 days 4 years, 325 days 7 years, 282 days —
4 Parakulangara Govinda Menon 28 July 1947 1 September 1956 16 October 1957[†] 9 years, 35 days 1 year, 46 days 10 years, 81 days Judge of Madras HC
5 Koka Subba Rao 22 March 1948 31 January 1958 11 April 1967[RES] 9 years, 315 days 9 years, 71 days 19 years, 21 days 1st CJ of undivided Andhra Pradesh HC
6 Narsimha Rajagopala Ayyangar[56] 16 November 1953 27 July 1960[e] 14 December 1964 6 years, 29 days 4 years, 141 days 10 years, 185 days —
7 Alwar Naicker Alagiriswami 11 August 1966 17 October 1972 16 October 1975 6 years, 67 days 3 years, 0 days 9 years, 67 days Judge of Madras HC
8 Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam 20 October 1960 3 January 1977 11 September 1980 16 years, 75 days 3 years, 253 days 19 years, 328 days 17th CJ of Madras HC
9 Appajee Varadarajan 15 February 1973 10 December 1980 16 August 1985 7 years, 299 days 4 years, 250 days 12 years, 183 days Judge of Madras HC
10 Sivasankar Natarajan 10 March 1986 28 October 1989 13 years, 23 days 3 years, 233 days 16 years, 256 days Judge of Madras HC
11 S. Ratnavel Pandian 27 February 1974 14 December 1988 12 March 1994 14 years, 291 days 5 years, 89 days 20 years, 14 days Acting CJ of Madras HC
12 Veeraswami Ramaswami 31 January 1971 6 October 1989 14 February 1994 18 years, 248 days 4 years, 132 days 23 years, 15 days 16th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
13 Shanmughasundaram Mohan 27 February 1974 7 October 1991 10 February 1995 17 years, 222 days 3 years, 127 days 20 years, 349 days 12th CJ of Karnataka HC
14 Konduswami Venkataswamy 24 July 1983 6 March 1995 18 September 1999 11 years, 225 days 4 years, 197 days 16 years, 57 days 26th CJ of Patna HC
15 Madhavachari Srinivasan 2 June 1986 25 September 1997 25 February 2000[†] 11 years, 115 days 2 years, 154 days 13 years, 269 days 13th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
16 Doraiswamy Raju 14 January 1990 28 January 2000 1 July 2004 10 years, 14 days 4 years, 156 days 14 years, 170 days 15th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
17 Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan 14 June 1990 20 December 2002 21 March 2007 12 years, 189 days 4 years, 92 days 16 years, 281 days 22nd CJ of Rajasthan HC
18 Palanisamy Sathasivam 8 August 1996 21 August 2007 26 April 2014 11 years, 13 days 6 years, 249 days 17 years, 262 days Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC
19 Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla 2 March 2000 2 April 2012 22 July 2016 12 years, 31 days 4 years, 112 days 16 years, 143 days 29th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
20 Chokkalingam Nagappan 27 September 2000 19 September 2013 3 October 2016 12 years, 357 days 3 years, 15 days 16 years, 7 days 25th CJ of Orissa HC
21 R. Banumathi 3 April 2003 13 August 2014 19 July 2020 11 years, 132 days 5 years, 342 days 17 years, 108 days 9th CJ of Jharkhand HC
22 V. Ramasubramanian 31 July 2006 23 September 2019 29 June 2023 13 years, 54 days 3 years, 280 days 16 years, 334 days 34th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
23 M. M. Sundresh 31 March 2009 31 August 2021 Incumbent 12 years, 153 days 4 years, 290 days 17 years, 78 days Judge of Madras HC
24 R. Mahadevan 25 October 2013 18 July 2024 10 years, 267 days 1 year, 335 days 12 years, 235 days Acting CJ of Madras HC
  1. ^ Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge
  2. ^ Elevated to the Federal Court of India on 6 December 1947, and became part of the Supreme Court of India after its establishment on 26 January 1950.
  3. ^ Retired as High Court judge on 25 January 1948 before being elevated to Supreme Court of India
  4. ^ Retired as High Court judge on 24 November 1953 before being elevated to Supreme Court of India
  5. ^ Retired as High Court judge on 14 December 1959 before being elevate to Supreme Court of India

See also

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