Madras High Court

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Madras High Court is one of the oldest and largest High Courts in India, serving as the principal civil and criminal appellate court for the state of Tamil Nadu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf High Court
court of record
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
articleOfConstitution Article 214
authorizedBy Constitution of India
barAssociation Law Association, Madras High Court
Madras High Court Advocates Association
bench Madurai Bench of Madras High Court
linked to: Madras High Court
buildingCompletedIn 1892
buildingLocation Parry’s Corner, George Town, Chennai
charteredHighCourtAlongWith Bombay High Court
Calcutta High Court
country India
designedBy Henry Irwin
J. W. Brassington
establishedBy Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
establishedOn 1862-06-26
governingLaw Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Constitution of India
handles civil appeals
criminal appeals
original side civil jurisdiction (in certain matters)
writ petitions
hasChiefJustice Chief Justice of Madras High Court
hasCoordinate 13.0833°N 80.2833°E
hasCourtComplex Madras High Court campus, Chennai
linked to: Madras High Court
hasDomeAndMinarets true
hasHeritageStatus heritage building
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/
jurisdiction Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
languageOfCourt English
locatedIn Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MaduraiBenchEstablishedOn 2004-07-24
nearbyLandmark Beach railway station, Chennai
Chennai Port
oneOfCharteredHighCourts true
oneOfOldestHighCourtsInIndia true
overseesSubordinateCourtsIn Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
predecessor Sadr Adalat
Supreme Court of Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
principalSeat Chennai
regionServed southern India (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry)
typeOfCourt civil appellate court
criminal appellate court

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Chennai judicialBody Madras High Court
Tamil Nadu hasHighCourt Madras High Court
Advocate General of Madras worksWith High Court of Judicature at Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
Madras High Court predecessor Supreme Court of Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
Madras High Court bench Madurai Bench of Madras High Court
linked to: Madras High Court
Madras High Court hasCourtComplex Madras High Court campus, Chennai
linked to: Madras High Court
Cooum River nearbyLandmark Madras High Court
Indo-Saracenic architecture notableExample Madras High Court
S. Subramania Iyer workedAt Madras High Court
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer workLocation Madras High Court
Nalini Chidambaram workLocation Madras High Court
High Courts Act 1861 createdOfficeOrInstitution High Court of Judicature at Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
High Courts Act 1861 replacedInstitution Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
Madras Law College locatedNear Madras High Court
High Courts in British India hadHighCourt Madras High Court
Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Madras appliesToJurisdiction High Court of Judicature at Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Madras replaced Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras
linked to: Madras High Court
Sadr Adalat replacedBy Madras High Court
Parry’s Corner, George Town, Chennai near Madras High Court
Law Association, Madras High Court basedAt Madras High Court, Chennai
linked to: Madras High Court
Henry Irwin notableWork Madras High Court
J. W. Brassington notableWork Madras High Court