High Court of Madras – Principal Seat at Madras Sitting Arrangements (Revised) – From June 01, 2026 Sl. No Hon’ble Judges Subject 1 The Hon’ble the Chief Justice and G.Arul Murugan, J
High Court of Madras – Principal Seat at Madras Sitting Arrangements (Revised) – From June 01, 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 Appeals against final orders 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;
Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like
Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act) – for all the years (other than writ petitions);
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 cases to be heard by Division Bench;
Specially assigned matters.
1A G.Arul Murugan, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Criminal Appeals from the provisional list
2 S.M.Subramaniam, 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 and Writ Appeals relating to Judicial
Service;
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 other Appellate Side Cases to be heard by Division Bench which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench – for all the years;
Appeals/Writ Petitions/Civil Revision Petitions arising from the orders of Central Administrative Tribunal;
Specially assigned matters.
and
N.Senthilkumar , J
2A S.M.Subramaniam, J
g) Old Writ Petitions relating to Service from the provisional list
(when DB not sittin
2B N.Senthilkumar, J
g) Old Criminal Revisions from the provisional list
(when DB not sittin
3 Dr.Anita Sumanth, J Habeas Corpus Petitions;
All Criminal Appeals and other Criminal Cases (except all category of PMLA and SAFEMA cases) to be heard by Division Bench (including crime against women and children);
Criminal Contempt and Appeals relating to orders in
Contempt Proceedings;
Specially assigned matters.
and
Sunder Mohan, J
3A Dr.Anita Sumanth, J ) Old Writ Petitions relating to Tax from the provisional list
(when DB not sitting
3B Sunder Mohan, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Criminal Original Petitions from the provisional list
4 P.Velmurugan, J and
K.Govindarajan Thilakavadi, 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 Appeals arising from Intellectual Property
Rights matters to be heard by a Division Bench;
Arbitration Appeal;
Special Tribunal Appeals;
Specially assigned matters.
4A P.Velmurugan, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Second Appeals from the provisional list.
4B K.Govindarajan Thilakavadi, J (when DB not sitting)
Old Second Appeals from the provisional list.
5 Dr.G.Jayachandran, 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;
All Tax Cases arising from Indirect Tax Laws (including Customs, Central Excise, GST, Sales Tax etc.) – for all the years;
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.
and
N.Mala, J
5A Dr.G.Jayachandran, J
Old Second Appeals from the provisional list
(when DB not sitting)
5B N.Mala, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Second Appeals from the provisional list
6 C.V.Karthikeyan, J and
K.Rajasekar, J
First Appeals to be heard by Division Bench;
Second Appeals to be heard by Division Bench;
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Family Courts;
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from M.A.C.T.
Specially assigned matters.
6A C.V.Karthikeyan, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Second Appeals from the provisional list
6B K.Rajasekar, J
(when DB not sitting) Old Civil Revision Petitions from the provisional list.
7 A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals (other than Intellectual
Property Rights cases to be heard by Intellectual
Property Division) – for all the years;
Specially assigned matters.
8 Abdul Quddhose, 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.
9 M.Dhandapani, 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.
10 P.T.Asha, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – from the year 2024.
Specially assigned matters.
11 M.Nirmal Kumar, J Criminal Original Petitions (under Sections 407 and 482 Cr.P.C.)/under Sections 447 and 528 of BNSS,
2023 – for all the years;
Specially assigned matters.
12 G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, 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.
13 Krishnan Ramasamy, J Writ Petitions relating to Patta and other issues relating to Land Revenue – for all the years;
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;
Writ Petitions relating to H.R. & C.E and Wakf;
Specially assigned matters.
14
C.Saravanan, J Criminal Appeals (including appeals relating to crime against women and children) – for all the years;
Specially assigned matters.
15 Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J Writ Petitions relating to Tax matters (including Income Tax, Sales Tax, Motor Vehicles Tax) – for all the years.
Specially assigned matters.
16 Shamim Ahmed, J Criminal Revisions – for all the years;
Specially assigned matters.
17 T.V.Thamilselvi, 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;
Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal;
Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petitions;
Specially assigned matters.
18 Mohammed Shaffiq, 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 all Education and
Educational institution matters – for all the years.
Specially assigned matters.
19 K.Surender, 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;
Writ Petitions relating to Co-operative Societies;
Specially assigned matters.
20 S.Sounthar, J Second Appeals – from the year 2018;
Specially assigned matters.
21 K.Kumaresh Babu, J All Petitions / Applications invoking Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 / Arbitration Act, 1940;
All cases relating to Commercial Division to be heard by Single Bench;
Insolvency Petitions;
Company Petitions and Company Appeals;
All cases relating to Intellectual Property Rights to be heard by Single Bench;
Admiralty cases;
Arbitration Appeal.
Specially assigned matters.
22 R.Kalaimathi, J First Appeals – for all the years;
Specially assigned matters.
23 C.Kumarappan, 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.
24 Dr.A.D.Maria Clete, 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;
Original Petitions (other than Arbitration Matters);
Specially assigned matters.
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II T.Vinod Kumar, J Writ Petitions relating to Service – up to the year
2023;
Specially assigned matters.
III R.Sakthivel, J Second Appeals – up to the year 2017.
Specially assigned matters.
Note:
The Hon’ble the Chief Justice was pleased to issue and approve the following instructions with effect from 01.06.2026 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/posted 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 also shall automatically stand released and be listed/posted before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench having the roster.
6) Applications/Petitions for Review/Clarification/Modification/Recall and/or any other applications/petitions relating to the Orders passed by the Single Bench/Division Bench shall be listed/posted before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench, whose order is sought to be reviewed.
6A) If the Single Judge concerned is not available on account of transfer, elevation, retirement or for any other reasons, such applications/petitions shall be listed/posted before the Single Judge, having the roster.
6B) If the Senior Judge 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/posted before the Division Bench consisting of Hon’ble Mr.Justice S.M.Subramaniam and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench.
6C) 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/posted before the Division Bench of
Hon’ble the Chief Justice.
7) Civil Contempt Petitions/Applications shall be listed/posted before the concerned Single Bench/Division Bench, whose order/judgment/direction was violated/disobeyed by the alleged act of contempt.
7A) If the Single Judge concerned is not available on account of transfer, elevation, retirement or for any other reasons, such applications/petitions shall be listed/posted before the Single Judge, having the roster.
7B) If the Senior Judge 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/posted before the Division Bench consisting of Hon’ble Dr.Justice Anita Sumanth and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench.
7C) 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/posted before the Division Bench of
Hon’ble the Chief Justice.
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 is not covered or omitted hereinabove, will be placed before the Hon’ble the Chief Justice for appropriate orders.
// BY ORDER OF THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE //
Dated: 28.05.2026 Registrar (Judicial), High Court, Madras
