Madras High Court
| Madras High Court | |
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High Court Building
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| Established | 1862 |
| Country |
 India |
| Location |
Chennai (Principal Seat) Madurai (circuit bench) |
| Composition method | Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
| Authorized by | Constitution of India |
| Decisions are appealed to | Supreme Court of India |
| Judge term length | mandatory retirement by age of 62 |
| No. of positions | 74 |
| Website | Madras High Court |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Huluvadi G Ramesh |
| Since | 16 February 2017 |
Coordinates: 13°05′16″N 80°17′17″E / 13.08778°N 80.28812°E
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 Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862. It exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai and appellate jurisdiction over the entire state of Tamil Nadu and Union territory of Puducherry, as well as extraordinary original jurisdiction, civil and criminal, under the Letters Patent and special original jurisdiction for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India.
It consists of 74 judges and a chief justice who are in charge of the general policy adopted in the administration of justice. In September 2016, the centre government forwarded names of 15 new judges to the President for his signature on their warrants of appointment. Of the 15, nine are from among lawyers and 6 from the subordinate judiciary. The nine lawyers are V. Parthiban, R. Subramanian, M. Govindaraj, M. Sundar, R. Sureshkumar, Nisha Banu, M.S. Ramesh, S.M. Subramaniam and Dr. Anita Sumanth.
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