Madras High Court

Madras High Court
Madras High Court
	Madras High Court Building
	13°05′12.8″N 80°17′16.4″E / 13.086889°N 80.287889°E
Established	26 June 1862
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Location	Principal bench; Chennai; Additional bench; Madurai;
Coordinates	13°05′12.8″N 80°17′16.4″E / 13.086889°N 80.287889°E
Motto	Satyameva Jayate
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Appeals to	Supreme Court of India
Appeals from	Subordinate Courts of Tamil Nadu
Judge term length	Mandatory retirement at age 62
Number of positions	75; (Permanent 56; Addl. 19)
Language	English, Tamil
Website	hcmadras.tn.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently	R. Mahadevan (acting)
Since	24 May 2024

The Madras High Court (IAST: Meṭrās Uyar Nītimaṉṟam) is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and 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. The Madras High Court is one of four charter high courts of colonial India established in the four Presidency Towns of Madras, Bombay, Allahabad and Calcutta by letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, dated 26 June 1862. It exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai, 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.^[4]^[5] Covering 107 acres, the court complex is one of the largest in the world, second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The four-storey administrative building attracts hundreds of litigants every day.

The High Court consists of 74 judges and a chief justice.^[5]^[6]

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