Madras High Court

Madras High Court division bench dismissed the PIL filed by H. Rajaram seeking the quashing of the appointment of two Tamil Nadu Additional Advocates General while observing that there is no merit in the petition and it may have been better if the petition had not been pressed.

According to the List of Supreme Court and High Court Judges, published on September 1, 2021 by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, the Madras High Court is currently working at a strength of 56 judges, including 46 Permanent Judges and 10 Additional Judges.

Madras High Court division bench while hearing a petition filed by the Asst General Manager, State Bank of India held that the Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunals should be vigilant that matters are taken up chronologically.

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking direction from the concerned authorities to increase public awareness against astrological superstitions to eradicate its consequential evils, while opining that some amount of independence must be given to individuals to believe, imagine and ponder over their astrological beliefs.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that the CBI should be an autonomous body like the Election Commission of India.

A single judge bench of Madras High Court was hearing a petition filed by one disabled female player seeking to include her name in the final selection list of Fourth World Deaf Athletics Championship against gender discrimination under selection criteria.

The Madras High Court division Bench pulls up the Central Government for the delay in filing a response to pleas challenging IT Rules 2021.

The Madras High Court has frowned upon its own Registry for attempting to exercise judicial powers by segregating connected cases and listing one set of those cases before a Division Bench and the other before a single Bench.

The Madras High Court division bench while hearing a petition filed by Ukkrapandiyan. dismissed a petition seeking resumption of physical hearings and opening up of lawyers chambers in Madurai bench, while calling it an utterly meaningless petition filed by an uninformed lawyer.

The Madras High Court on Monday refused to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin from heading any advisory committee under Section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, stating that this is a secular country and it is time that prejudice