High Court of Madras – Principal Seat at Madras Sitting Arrangements – From October 05, 2026 Sl. No Hon’ble Judges Subject 1 The Hon’ble the Chief Justice and G.Arul Murugan, J Writ Petitions – Public Interest Litigations (PILs) (Except matters relating to Encroachment); Writ Petitions/Writ Appeals related to the High Court; Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals relating to Judicial Service; Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – from the year – 2018 (other than writ petitions); Writ Appeals against final orders and other Appellate side cases to be heard by Division Bench, which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench (other than Tax matters) – for all the years; Writ Appeals against Interlocutory/Interim Orders passed by Single Bench; Writ Petitions relating to Elections or against Election Commission (including those cases filed before the Madurai Bench) except cases invoking the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code and other Criminal Laws; Writ Petitions relating to Bar council matters; Writ Petitions challenging the vires of the Act, Rules and Regulations (except Service matters) – for all the years; SARFAESI, IBC and other Bank related cases in connection with SARFAESI – for all the years; All category of cases (PMLA and SAFEMA) to be heard by Division Bench; All Division Bench matters, including Criminal Appeals and Writ Petitions, relating to criminal cases involving the sitting or former M.Ps and M.L.As (including those cases filed before the Madurai Bench); Cases relating to National Company Law Tribunal; Green Bench (including Environment and Pollution) cases to be heard by Division Bench; Criminal Contempt and Appeals relating to orders in Contempt Proceedings; Specially assigned matters. 1A The Hon’ble the Chief Justice (Every Friday Afternoon) – Arbitration Matters (Section 11) 1B G.Arul Murugan, J (when DB not sitting) Old Criminal Appeals from the provisional list 2 S.M.Subramaniam, J than, J Writ Petitions (including Public Interest Litigations) relating to Encroachments – for all the years; Writ Petitions to be heard by Division Bench which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench – for all the years; All Registration and Patta matters; Specially assigned matters. and R.Rajesh Vivekanan 2A S.M.Subramaniam, J g) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list (when DB not sittin 2B R.Rajesh Vivekananthan, J (when DB not sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list 3 Dr.Anita Sumanth, J Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – up to the year – 2017 (other than writ petitions); All Tax Cases arising from Indirect Tax Laws (including Customs, Central Excise, GST, Sales Tax etc.) – for all the years; and S.Raveekumar, J Writ Petitions relating to Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 3A Dr.Anita Sumanth, J (when DB not sitting Old Writ Petitions relating to Tax from the provisional list 3B S.Raveekumar, J ) Old Writ Petitions relating to Tax from the provisional list (when DB not sitting 4 Dr.G.Jayachandran, J Writ Appeals relating to Service against Final Orders passed by Single Bench – for all the years; Writ Appeals relating to Labour against Final Orders passed by Single Bench; Writ Petitions challenging the vires of the Act, Rules and Regulations relating to Service matters; Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals relating to service of court-employees including High Court employees; All matters (including Writ Petitions/Public Interest Litigation/Criminal Matters) relating to theft or preservation or disapperance of idols, stolen articles and items of historical importance (H.R. & C.E.) to be heard by Division Bench; Specially assigned matters. and E.Manoharan, J 4A Dr.G.Jayachandran, J Old Second Appeals from the provisional list (when DB not sitting 4B E.Manoharan, J Old Second Appeals from the provisional list (when DB not sitting 5 C.V.Karthikeyan, J and R.Sakthivel, J First Appeals to be heard by Division Bench; Second Appeals to be heard by Division Bench; Specially assigned matters. 5A C.V.Karthikeyan, J (when DB not sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list. 5B R.Sakthivel, J (when DB not sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list. 6 N.Sathish Kumar, J Original Side Appeals – for all the years; All Commercial Appellate Division Appeals arising from Commercial Division of High Court to be heard by Division Bench (including matters involving more than Rs.500 cr.); Commercial Appellate Division Appeals from Commercial Courts to be heard by Division Bench; All matters arising from Intellectual Property Rights to be heard by a Division Bench; Arbitration Appeal; Forest cases (including public interest litigations relating to forest reserves, elephant corridors, wildlife protection, and the removal of invasive species) to be heard by Division Bench; Specially assigned matters. and GK.Muthukumaar, J 6A N.Sathish Kumar, J g) Old Second Appeals from the provisional list. (when DB not sittin 6B GK.Muthukumaar, J ) Old Second Appeals from the provisional list. (when DB not sitting 7 A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J Habeas Corpus Petitions; All Criminal Appeals and other Criminal Cases including Referred Trials (except all category of PMLA and SAFEMA cases) to be heard by Division Bench (including crime against women and children) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. and K.Govindarajan, J 7A A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J Old Criminal Appeals from the provisional list (when DB not sitting) 7B K.Govindarajan, J (when DB not sitting) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list 8 M.Dhandapani, J ete, J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Family Courts; Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Motor Accident Claims. Special Tribunal Appeals; Appeals/Writ Petitions/Civil Revision Petitions arising from the orders of Central Administrative Tribunal; Specially assigned matters. and Dr.A.D.Maria Cl 8A M.Dhandapani, J Old Civil Miscellaneous Appeals from the provisional list. (when DB not sitting) 8B Dr.A.D.Maria Clete, J (when DB not sitting) Old Civil Miscellaneous Appeals from the provisional list. 9 P.T.Asha, J Writ Petitions relating to General Miscellaneous (other than Intellectual Property Rights to be heard by Intellectual Property Division), Community Certificates/Caste Certificates, Cinema, Electricity, Mines and Minerals and Agriculture Produce Market (APM) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 10 N.Anand Venkatesh, J Civil Revision Petitions PD (other than Civil Revision Petitions challenging the Awards passed by the Labour Courts and the Co-operative Tribunals and cases of Intellectual Property Rights) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 11 G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J Criminal Original Petitions (under Sections 407 and 482 Cr.P.C.)/under Sections 447 and 528 of BNSS, 2023 – from the year 2026; Specially assigned matters. 12 Krishnan Ramasamy, J Writ Petitions relating to Tax matters (including Income Tax, Sales Tax, Motor Vehicles Tax) – for all the years. Specially assigned matters. 13 C.Saravanan, J Writ Petitions relating to Labour and Writ Petitions against the Awards/Orders passed by the Labour Courts and the Co-operative Tribunals – for all the years; Civil Revision Petitions against the Awards/Orders passed by the Labour Courts and the Co-operative Tribunals – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 14 Hemant Chandangoudar, J Civil Suits including undefended suits and framing of issues and connected Interlocutory Applications (except Commercial Division Cases) – for all the years; Testamentary Original Suits and Original Matrimonial Suits; Specially assigned matters. 15 Shamim Ahmed, J Criminal Revisions – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 16 T.V.Thamilselvi, J Second Appeals – from the year 2023; Specially assigned matters. 17 D.Bharatha Chakravarthy, J All Petitions / Applications invoking Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 / Arbitration Act, 1940 (Except Arbitration matters under Section 11) ; Insolvency Petitions; Company Petitions and Company Appeals; Admiralty cases; Arbitration Appeal; Specially assigned matters. 18 Mohammed Shaffiq, J Writ Petitions relating to Land Reforms, Land Tenancy, Urban Land Ceiling, Land Ceiling and Land Acquisition and other Land Laws, including cases relating to Registration – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 19 K.Surender, J Writ Petitions relating to Patta and other issues relating to Land Revenue – for all the years; Writ Petitions relating to H.R. & C.E and Wakf; Writ Petitions relating to all Education and Educational institution matters – for all the years; Writ Petitions relating to Co-operative Societies; Specially assigned matters. 20 M.Sudheer K umar, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – from the year 2025; Specially assigned matters. 21 N.Mala, J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals (other than Intellectual Property Rights cases to be heard by Intellectual Property Division and Motor Accident Claims) – for all the years; Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal; Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petitions; Specially assigned matters. 22 S.Sounthar, J Civil Revision Petitions NPD (other than Civil Revision Petitions challenging the Awards passed by the Labour Courts and the Co-operative Tribunals and cases of Intellectual Property Rights) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 23 Sunder Mohan, J Criminal Appeals (including appeals relating to crime against women and children) – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 24 P.B.Balaji, J All cases relating to Commercial Division to be heard by Single Bench; All cases relating to Intellectual Property Rights to be heard by Single Bench; Original Petitions (other than Arbitration Matters); Specially assigned matters. 25 R.Kalaimathi, J First Appeals – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. 26 V.Lakshminaraya nan, J C.B.I. and Prevention of Corruption Act Cases (except Bail and Anticipatory Bail Applications); Writ Petitions (Cr.P.C.) – for all the years; All Single Bench matters including Criminal Appeals and Writ Petitions relating to Criminal cases involving the sitting or former M.Ps and M.L.As (including those cases filed before the Madurai Bench); Specially assigned matters. 27 C.Kumarappan, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – from the year 2022 to 2024; Specially assigned matters. 28 N.Senthilkuma r , J Writ Petitions relating to Municipalities and Local Bodies, Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme, RTI – for all the years; Writ Petitions relating to Industries, Panchayats, Forest and Motor Vehicle – for all the years; Writ Petitions relating to Customs and Central Excise; Writ Petition relating to Prohibition and State Excise; Senior citizens maintenance cases; Specially assigned matters. 29 N.Ramesh, J Criminal Original Petitions – Anticipatory Bail and Bail; Petitions for cancellation, Relaxation or Modification of Bail and Anticipatory Bail; All other Petitions concerning Bail and Anticipatory Bail; Specially assigned matters. ADDITIONAL HERITAGE COURT BUILDING II T.Vinod Kumar, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – up to the year 2021; Specially assigned matters. III P.Dhanabal, J Second Appeals – up to the year 2014; Specially assigned matters. IV K.Rajasekar, J Second Appeals – from the year 2015 to 2022; Specially assigned matters. V M.Jothiraman, J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising out of Motor Accident Claims – for all the years; Specially assigned matters. VI S.Alli, J Criminal Original Petitions (under Sections 407 and 482 Cr.P.C.)/under Sections 447 and 528 of BNSS, 2023 – up to the year 2025; Specially assigned matters. Note: The Hon’ble the Chief Justice was pleased to issue the following instructions with effect from 05.10.2026 and the same shall be in force until further orders. 1) All category of Cases shall be listed chronologically as per the date of filing/registration, unless otherwise directed. 2) Cases relating to Senior Citizens, Crime against Women and Children, Persons with Disability shall be taken up on priority basis. 3) Admission and final hearing cases in the respective category/roster shall be listed for hearing on all working days. On each and every Wednesday, exclusively the oldest cases for final hearing of respective category/roster shall be listed. 4) Upon change of Roster, all the cases including Bail and Anticipatory Bail, (except the cases reserved for orders/judgments) shall automatically stand released and be listed before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench having the roster. 5) Upon change of Roster, the cases ordered to be listed on a specific date under the caption “For Reporting Compliance”, “For Compliance”, “For Further Hearing”, “For Filing Report”, “For Recording Appearance”, “For Recording Settlement”, and etc., such cases automatically stand released and shall be listed before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench having roster. 6) Irrespective of change of roster, all the dated cases (except specially assigned matters) shall be listed on the particular date of hearing, before the respective Single/Division Bench having roster. 7)Applications/Petitions for Civil Contempt, Review/Clarification/Modification/Recall and/or any other applications/petitions relating to the Orders passed by the Single Bench/Division Bench shall be listed before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench. 7A) If the Single Judge concerned is not available, on account of transfer, elevation, retirement, (or) sitting in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (or) for any other reasons, such applications/petitions shall be listed before the Single Judge, having roster. 7B) If the Senior Judge/Junior Judge of the Division Bench concerned is not available on account of transfer, elevation, retirement, (or) sitting in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (or) for any other reasons and the Senior Judge/Junior Judge is sitting in a Division Bench, such applications/petitions shall be listed before the said Division Bench. 7C) If the Senior Judge of the Division Bench concerned is not available on account of transfer, elevation, retirement, (or) sitting in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (or) for any other reasons and the Junior Judge of the Division Bench concerned is sitting Single, such applications/petitions shall be listed before the Division Bench constituting Hon’ble the Chief Justice and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench. 7D) If both the Judges of the Division Bench concerned is not available on account of transfer, elevation, retirement (or) for any other reasons, such applications/petitions shall be listed before the Hon’ble First Division Bench. 8) Whenever the Single Bench/Division Bench, while hearing a case, forms an opinion, that the other case(s) pending before some other Single Bench/Division Bench are necessarily to be tagged and heard together, shall direct the Registry to place such mattes/records before the Hon’ble The Chief Justice for appropriate orders. 9) Any other subject which are not covered or omitted hereinabove shall be placed before the Hon’ble the Chief Justice for appropriate orders. // BY ORDER OF THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE // Dated: 01.10.2026 Registrar (Judicial), High Court, Madras

by Sekar Reporter · October 1, 2026