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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.
High Court is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. The station serves the neighbourhoods of George Town, chiefly Parry's Corner. This station is named so because of the presence of the Madras High Court in the vicinity. This station was opened for public on 10 February 2019.
The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts. There are 25 High Courts in the country with seven of them having multiple jurisdictions. The High Courts manage a system of sub-ordinate courts headed by the various District and Session Courts in their ...
Graduates having a law degree from recognised universities permitted to impart legal education are admitted as advocates in The Madras Bar Council. Law graduates can enroll online for Madras Bar Council. State bar councils are empowered by Advocates Act, 1961 to frame rules according to their convenience for enrolling advocates in council.
The Calcutta High Court in Kolkata (est. 1862), Bombay High Court in Mumbai (est. 1862), Madras High Court in Chennai (est. 1862), Allahabad High Court in Allahabad (est. 1866), and Bangalore High Court (now Karnataka High Court) in Bengaluru (est. 1884) are the five oldest high courts in India.
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 ...
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]