Madras High Court Reviews

One of the oldest high court in India, also the biggest in India

The High Court of Judicature at Madras, one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters Patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26th June 1862, is the highest Court in the State of Tamil Nadu, exercising Original Jurisdiction over the City of Madras and Appellate Jurisdiction over the entire State as well as extra-ordinary Original Jurisdiction, Civil and Criminal, under the Letters Patent and Special Original Jurisdiction for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India.

The Hon`ble The Chief Justice is the Head of the Judiciary with powers of administration of the High Court and of the Administration of Justice throughout the State. The Hon ble Chief Justice is in charge of the general policy adopted in the Administration of Justice. The administration of Justice in the Civil and Criminal Courts in the districts constituted under the Civil Courts Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure respectively is carried on by the following categories of Judicial officers.

Civil
a) District Judges
b) Senior Civil Judges
c) Civil Judges

Criminal
a) Sessions Judges
b) Chief Judicial Magistrates
c) Assistant Sessions Judges

From the architecture point of view I can say it's stunning and well maintained.

Though the system of justice is corrupt everywhere there's no doubt at that.

If you're lucky you'll get justice else hell only

Madras High Court is the best Court as far as my knowledge goes... Almost all 42 court halls are air-conditioned and well maintained. The court corridors are very wide and friendly to differently abled. A few courts are small but neatness and cleanliness are really spectacular. In the court halls and outside live case status is displayed. Though public address system is in place, it is sparingly used.

An Indo saracenic style of Construction built by Namperumal Chetty

Located in Broadway or parrys corner. Highly security protected. Trust and obey law

The High Court of Judicature at Madras, one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters Patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26th June 1862, is the highest Court in the State of Tamil Nadu, exercising Original Jurisdiction over the City of Madras and Appellate Jurisdiction over the entire State as well as extra-ordinary Original Jurisdiction, Civil and Criminal, under the Letters Patent and Special Original Jurisdiction for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India.

The Hon`ble The Chief Justice is the Head of the Judiciary with powers of administration of the High Court and of the Administration of Justice throughout the State. The Hon ble Chief Justice is in charge of the general policy adopted in the Administration of Justice. The administration of Justice in the Civil and Criminal Courts in the districts constituted under the Civil Courts Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure respectively is carried on by the following categories of Judicial officers.

Big old British structure, building is impressive but facilities available are poor. Entry is possible only with a valid Indian id . Crowded most of the time

The Judgment Information system (JUDIS) consists of the Judgments of the Madras High Court, Madurai Bench and District & Taluk Courts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.Judgements can be viewed Hon`ble Judgewise and Case Numberwise. Text/Pharse and Party search options are available. The PDF version of judgements are also available.

One of the oldest and best court complex in India which is located in the hot of the city.

Once of the oldest building in Chennai , From 1817 to 1862, the Supreme Court of Madras, the precursor to the present Madras High Court, was situated in a building opposite the Chennai Beach railway station. From 1862 to 1892, the High Court was also housed in that building. The present buildings were officially inaugurated on 12 July 1892, when the then Madras Governor, Beilby, Baron Wenlock, handed over the key to the then Chief Justice Sir Arthur Collins

The statue of Manuneethi Cholan in the Madras High Court premises
British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennai), Bombay (Mumbai), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June 1862.[5] The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian High Courts Act 1861. The three courts remain unique in modern India, having been established under British royal charter; this is in contrast with the country's other high courts, which have been directly established under the Indian Constitution. However, the Constitution of India recognises the status of the older courts.

The Madras High Court was formed by merging the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, and the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. The Court was required to decide cases in accordance with justice, equity and good conscience. The earliest judges of the High Court included Judges Holloway, Innes and Morgan. The first Indian to sit as a judge of the High Court was Justice T. Muthuswamy Iyer. Other early Indian judges included Justices V. Krishnaswamy Iyer and P. R. Sundaram Iyer.

The Madras High Court was a pioneer in Original Side jurisdiction reform in favour of Indian practitioners as early as the 1870s.

The Madras High Court's history means that the decisions of the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are still binding on it, provided that the ratio of a case has not been over-ruled by the Supreme Court of India.

Although the name of the city was changed from Madras to Chennai in 1996, the Court as an institution did not follow suit, and retained the name as the Madras High Court. However, a Bill to rename the Madras High Court as the Chennai High Court was approved by the cabinet on 5 July 2016, along with the change of name of the Calcutta High Court and Bombay High Court as Kolkata High Court and Mumbai High Court respectively.[6] The Bill called High Courts (Alternation of Names) Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha on 19 July 2016.[7] The Bill is yet to be passed by both Houses of Parliament. However, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed a unanimous resolution appealing to the Central Government to rename the court as High Court of Tamil Nadu since the Court serves the whole state

The Madras High Court is the high court of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Thank to god...
We are like building

Very nice construction and designed
Thanks for building made members and control persons

Please save our old buildings secure that..

Historical place. Different judgement case still dint slove

The architect of the building is awesome.. there is a light house in this campus but now it is not in use due to lack of maintenance.. the campus has more courts.. its bench is also functioning at Madurai..

Monument.. As I'm practising here I always love to be here.

High court of tamilnadu....this from chennai....this building is very old building in British year

Old is gold. Building structure fantastic. Old building big place. Otherwise law all of you know what happened in Indian law. Nothing to say

Lot of improvements. Very good entry control system now.

Depending on the version of the way of walking the earth, it is written as if it were inside, but normally it cannot enter. be careful.

This building is historically significant and the entire area is one sprawling complex with heritage architecture.

Crowded yet beautiful. Strict entry rules. Nicest people I've ever seen.

One of the finest and Biggest High Court in India! Monuments of British Era!

One of the oldest places in Chennai. Canteen's tea is awesome

ippee! this is where I work. Too strong for a very old building.

Archetecturally and culturally rich with ancient British archetecture. One of the oldest buildings in the city.

Madras High Court is situated at the center of Chennai City in a spacious area. The court complex is constructed beautifully with traditional glamour. It was build near the seashore just adjacent to Chennai Port. Hence a beaming light house was built on top of the court hall dome. On world war II the German Navy captain Emdon fired a bomb which fell on the compound wall but did not blast.

One of the three high court in India. The present building now used exclusively by the Madrasa high court was actually build to house. Constructed of the high court building an example of indo saracenic style of architecture, it was situated in a building opposite the Chennai beach railway station

The Madras High Court is the high court of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The court is one of the three High Courts in India established in the three Presidency Towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras by letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862.

It is neat and gives more of court appearance than others I have seen. It has many shops near it too.

The Madras High court is the court of the Indian state of Tamilnadu One of the oldest court in India, Established in 1862

Biggest Highcourt in India.this building build by British Government. Well maintained by tamilnadu government

Very rude as usual. not any different from other government places. No existence of service here.

Punish everyone of their misdeeds and who is going to punish them(HC) and most of corruption is happening around one kilometers circle, you can get from A to Z without bills , CD's of every new movie released, most corrupted police station, commercial tax department, sales tax department, harbour, GH (government hospital, southern railway, corporation,no platform to walk peacefully, no proper parking place, no restrooms for common people and just think about handicapped and the third gender and most of the streets are so narrow or pre occupied by vehicles in case of emergency ambulance and firefighters can't even venture making it horrible to save lives in danger with highest authority and power they don't have the spine to implement it strictly they are just disgrace to the society and future generations.

A recent addition to the prestigious Main Architectural splendour of the High Court -Madras now called Chennai .High Court of Judicature at Madras, one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns

Build very Nice and it's too old but we'll maintained

Very rude as usual. not any different from other government places. No existence of service here.