High Court of Madras – Principal Seat at Madras Sitting Arrangements (Revised) – From August 11, 2025 Sl.No Hon’ble Judges Subject 1 The Hon’ble The Chief Justice and Sunder Mohan, J

High Court of Madras – Principal Seat at Madras

Sitting Arrangements (Revised) – From August 11, 2025

Sl.No Hon’ble Judges Subject
1 The Hon’ble The Chief Justice and
Sunder Mohan, J

Writ Petitions – Public Interest Litigations (PILs);
Writ Petitions/Writ Appeals related to the High Court; SARFAESI, IBC and other Bank related cases in connection with SARFAESI – for all the years;
Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – from the year 2016 (other than writ petitions);
Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals relating to Judicial Service;
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 Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – for all the years;
Writ Petitions to be heard by Division Bench which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench – from the year 2024.
1A Sunder Mohan, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Criminal Appeals from the provisional list except cases allotted to Dedicated bench.
2 M.Sundar, J
andangoudar, J
Writ Petitions 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 – up to the year 2023; Special Tribunal Appeals;
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.);
All Appeals arising from Intellectual Property Rights matters to be heard by a Division Bench;
Commercial Appellate Division Appeals from
Commercial Courts to be heard by Division Bench; Arbitration Appeal.

and
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2A M.Sundar, J
) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list.
(when DB not sitting
2B Hemant Chandangoudar, J (when DB not sitting) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list

3 R.Suresh Kumar, J All other Appellate Side Cases to be heard by Division Bench which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench – for all the years;
Writ Appeals against Interlocutory/Interim Orders passed by Single Bench;
Writ Appeals relating to Service against Final Orders passed by Single Bench – from the year 2023;
Writ Appeals against final orders which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench (other than Tax matters) – from the year 2024;
Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals relating to service of court-employees including High Court employees.

and
P.Dhanabal, J

3A R.Suresh Kumar, J
ng) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list

(when DB not sitti
3B P.Dhanabal, J ) Old Writ Petitions relating to Labour from the provisional list.

(when DB not sitting
4 J.Nisha Banu, J Writ Appeals relating to Service against Final Orders passed by Single Bench – up to the year 2022;
First Appeals and Second Appeals to be heard by Division Bench;
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Family Courts;
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from M.A.C.T; Writ Appeals relating to Labour against Final Orders passed by Single Bench.

and
M.Jothiraman, J

4A J.Nisha Banu, J Old Second Appeals from the provisional list

(when DB not sitting)
4B M.Jothiraman, J
sitting) Old First Appeals from the provisional list

(when DB not
5 M.S.Ramesh, J
Habeas Corpus Petitions;
All Criminal Appeals and other Criminal Cases to be heard by Division Bench (including crime against women and children);
Criminal Contempt and Appeals relating to orders in Contempt Proceedings;
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);
Writ Petitions relating to Bar council matters;
Appeals/Writ Petitions/Civil Revision Petitions arising from the orders of Central Administrative Tribunal.

and V.Lakshminarayanan, J

5A M.S.Ramesh, J
sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list.

(when DB not
5B V.Lakshminarayanan, J (when DB not sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list.

6 Dr.Anita Sumanth, J Original Side Appeals – for all the years;
All Registration and Patta matters;
Cases relating to National Company Law Tribunal;
Writ Appeals against final orders which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench (other than Tax matters) – up to the year 2023;
Tax Cases arising from Indirect Tax Laws (including Customs, Central Excise, GST, Sales Tax etc.) – for all the years;
Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – up to the year 2015 (other than writ petitions).

and
Senthilkumar, J
N.

6A Dr.Anita Sumanth, J ) Old Writ Petitions relating to Tax from the provisional list

(when DB not sitting
6B N.Senthilkumar, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list.

7 P.Velmurugan, J

First Appeals – from the year 2022;
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.

8 Dr.G.Jayachandran, 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.
9 C.V.Karthikeyan, J

Testamentary Original Suits and Original
Matrimonial Suits;
Civil Suits including undefended suits and framing of issues and connected Interlocutory Applications (except Commercial Division Cases) – up to the year 2017;

Second Appeals – from the year 2009 to 2012.

10 N.Sathish Kumar, J

Criminal Original Petitions (under Sections 407 and
482 Cr.P.C.)/under Sections 447 and 528 of BNSS,
2023, 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) except cases allotted to Dedicated bench.

11 Abdul Quddhose, J

All Petitions / Applications invoking Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 / Arbitration Act, 1940 except Commercial Division Cases;
All Petitions / Applications invoking Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 / Arbitration Act, 1940 relating to Commercial Division;
Insolvency Petitions;
Writ Petitions relating to Customs and Central Excise.
12 P.T.Asha, J
Writ Petitions relating to Service – from the year 2023; Senior citizens maintenance cases.

13 M.Nirmal Kumar, J C.B.I. and Prevention of Corruption Act Cases (except Bail and Anticipatory Bail Applications);
Criminal Appeals (including appeals relating to crime against women and children) and Criminal Revisions – up to the year 2022 except cases allotted to Dedicated bench.

14 N.Anand Venkatesh, J

Writ Petitions relating to General Miscellaneous (other than Intellectual Property Rights to be heard by Intellectual Property Division), Cinema, Electricity, Mines and Minerals and Agriculture Produce Market
(APM) – for all the years;
Writ Petitions relating to H.R. & C.E and Wakf.

15 G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J Criminal Appeals (including appeals relating to crime against women and children) and Criminal Revisions – from the year 2023 except cases allotted to Dedicated bench.

16 Krishnan Ramasamy, J

Writ Petitions relating to Tax matters (including Income Tax, Sales Tax, Motor Vehicles Tax),
Prohibition and State Excise.

17 Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J

Company Petitions and Company Appeals;
(i) All cases to be heard by a Single Bench which have been transferred to High Court from erstwhile
Intellectual Property Appellate Board;
(ii) All cases filed in High Court to be heard by a Single Bench which would have otherwise been filed in erstwhile Intellectual Property Appellate Board, if it had not been abolished;
(iii) Cases relating to Commercial Division i.e., Civil Suits and Applications (Commercial) to be heard along with the cases under category (i) or (ii);

(iv) All other Appeals / Civil Revision Petitions / Writ Petitions to be heard by a Single Bench pertaining to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) matters.
Cases relating to Commercial Division i.e., Civil Suits and Applications (Commercial), except the cases to be heard along with Intellectual Property Rights matters by Intellectual Property Division;
Cases relating to Commercial Division having value above Rs.500 Cr. Admiralty cases.

18 T.Vinod Kumar, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – from the year 2019 to 2022.
19 T.V.Thamilselvi, J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals (other than Intellectual
Property Rights cases to be heard by Intellectual Property Division) and Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal.

20 D.Bharatha Chakrav

(Dedicated bench) arthy, J
All Criminal Appeals/Criminal Revisions involving offences which are punishable with imprisonment up to three years.

21 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, Patta and other issues relating to Land Revenue and Registration – from the year 2020.

22 K.Surender, J Writ Petitions relating to Labour, Civil Revision Petitions and Writ Petitions against the Awards/Orders passed by the Labour Courts and the Co-operative Tribunals – for all the years.

23
M.Sudheer Kumar, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – up to the year 2018.

24
N.Mala, J

Writ Petitions relating to Industries, Panchayats, Forest and Motor Vehicle;
Writ Petitions relating to Municipalities and Local
Bodies, Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme, RTI; Writ Petitions relating to Co-operative Societies;

Second Appeals – up to the year 2008 and of the year 2013.
25 K.Kumaresh Babu, J

Civil Suits including undefended suits and framing of issues and connected Interlocutory Applications (except Commercial Division Cases) – from the year 2018;

Original Petitions (other than Arbitration Matters).

Second Appeals – from the year 2015 to 2018.

Arbitration Appeal.
26 P.B.Balaji, 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;

Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petitions.

27 R.Kalaimathi, J
Second Appeals – from the year 2023.
28 K.Govindarajan Thilakavadi, J Second Appeals – from the year 2019 to 2022.

29 R.Sakthivel, J First Appeals – up to the year 2021.
Second Appeals – of the year 2014.

30 C.Kumarappan, J Writ Petitions relating to all Education and Educational institution matters;
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, Patta and other issues relating to Land Revenue and Registration – up to the year 2019.

Note:
• Cases should be listed chronologically as per the date of filing, unless otherwise directed having regard to exceptional urgency.
• Writ Petitions challenging the vires of the Acts, Rules or Regulations shall be listed before the concerned roster Bench dealing with the respective subjects.
• Cases relating to Senior Citizens, Crime against Women, Persons with Disability and Children shall be taken up on priority basis.
• Review Applications should be posted before the Judge/Judges whose order is sought to be reviewed.
Applications/Petitions for Review/Clarification/Modification of the orders or Speaking to the Minutes to the Orders passed by the Division Bench/Single Bench of which the Judge(s) is/are not available on account of elevation, transfer or retirement such matters shall be placed before the Division Bench or Single Bench having the provision to dispose of the main proceedings as per roster.
Applications/Petitions for Review/Clarification/Modification of the orders or Speaking to the Minutes to the Orders passed by the Division Bench of which the Senior Judge/Junior Judge is not available on account of elevation, transfer or retirement such matters shall be placed before the Division Bench consisting of the Junior Judge/Senior Judge of the former Division
Bench.
Applications/Petitions for Review/Clarification/Modification of the orders or Speaking to the Minutes to the Orders passed by the Division Bench of which the Senior Judge is not available on account of elevation, transfer or retirement and the Junior Judge is sitting Single
such matters be placed before the Division Bench consisting of Hon’ble Mr.Justice R.Suresh Kumar and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench.

• Civil Contempt Petitions/Applications shall be listed as per roster in respect of Judgments, Decree, Direction, Order, Writ or other process, the Contempt is alleged, for orders as to whether notice to be issued to the alleged Contemnor.
If the Judge or Judges concerned is/are not available in view of their sitting at Madurai/Madras or retirement or for any other reasons, such applications shall be posted before the learned Single Judge or before the Division Bench, as the case may be, according to the subject being dealt with.
If the Senior Judge/Junior Judge is not available on account of elevation, transfer or retirement such matters shall be placed before the Division Bench consisting of the Junior Judge/ Senior Judge of the former Division Bench.

If the Senior Judge is not available on account of elevation, transfer or retirement and the Junior Judge is sitting Single such matters be placed before the Division Bench consisting of Hon’ble Mr.Justice M.Sundar and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench.
• All Bails and Anticipatory Bails which are part heard or Reserved for orders shall be placed before the Roster Bench, upon change of Roster.

• Upon change of Roster, Part heard matters shall stand released and be placed before the Bench as per Roster. However, if the parties or any of them make a request for retention of the matter before the Hon’ble Bench which had heard it, stating that the matter had been heard for a considerable length of time and de novo hearing would not be expedient, and if the Hon’ble Bench endorses the request, such matter may be placed before the Hon’ble The Chief Justice for being assigned to the Hon’ble Bench which partly heard the matter.
• Whenever any Court is of the opinion that there are case(s) pending before other Court(s) similar to the case(s) in hand and it is necessary to tag matter(s) pertaining to other Court(s), with the case(s) which is listed before it, (or) any party mentions before the Court that there are matters before other Court(s) which is/are similar to the case(s) on the list of that Court and request for tagging, the Court shall direct the matters to be placed before the Hon’ble The Chief Justice for tagging the matters and for placing the same before appropriate Court.
• Whenever a case is directed to be listed under the caption “For Reporting Compliance”, “For Compliance”, “For Further Hearing”, “For Filing Report”, “For Recording Appearance”, “For Recording Settlement”, and etc., on a specific date, upon change of Roster, the case shall stand released from the Court which passed such order, and shall be listed before the Hon’ble Court as per Roster.

// BY ORDER OF THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE //

Dated: 07.08.2025 Registrar (Judicial),
High Court, Madras