SITTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS – 202 5 PRINCIPAL SEAT AT MADRAS AND MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT AT MADURAI It is hereby notified that the following sitting arrangements are made for Christmas Holidays – 2025, i.e., from 20.12.2025 (Saturday) to 01.01.2026 (Thursday) for the Madras

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NOTIFICATION NO. 246 /202 5
MADRAS HIGH COURT
SITTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS – 202 5
PRINCIPAL SEAT AT MADRAS AND
MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT AT MADURAI
It is hereby notified that the following sitting arrangements are made for Christmas Holidays – 2025, i.e., from 20.12.2025 (Saturday) to
01.01.2026 (Thursday) for the Madras High Court (both Principal Seat and
Madurai Bench):-
1. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M.Subramaniam, The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.Lakshminarayanan and The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Dhanabal will sit at Principal Seat at Madras as Vacation Judges on 26.12.2025 (Friday) and 30.12.2025 (Tuesday), to dispose of urgent matters.
2. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Velmurugan, The Hon’ble Ms. Justice R.Poornima and The Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.Jothiraman will sit at Madurai Bench of Madras High Court at Madurai as Vacation Judges on 26.12.2025 (Friday) and 30.12.2025 (Tuesday), to dispose of urgent matters.
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3. Their Lordships will sit to dispose of the urgent matters as follows:-
PRINCIPAL SEAT AT MADRAS
SL.
NO. HON’BLE JUDGES SUBJECT
1. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M.Subramaniam and
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Dhanabal All Division Bench Matters.
1 A The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M.Subramaniam After Division Bench work – All Single Bench Appellate Side and Original Side matters.
1 B The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Dhanabal After Division Bench work – All Single Bench Criminal Side
Matters
2 The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.Lakshminarayanan All Single Bench Writ Petitions.
MADURAI BENCH
SL.
NO. HON’BLE JUDGES SUBJECT
1. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Velmurugan
and
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.Jothiraman All Division Bench Matters.
1A The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Velmurugan After Division Bench Work – All
Single Bench Appellate Side Matters
1B The Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.Jothiraman After Division Bench Work – All Single Bench Criminal Side matters.
2 The Hon’ble Ms. Justice R.Poornima All Single Bench Writ Petitions.
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The following Officers are nominated as Vacation Officers for the Principal
Seat at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court at Madurai :-
SL. No. PRINCIPAL SEAT MADURAI BENCH
1 Thiru.C.Suresh,
Deputy Registrar (Current Section) Tmt.V.Jayanthi-I,
Joint Registrar (Admn.)
2 Tmt.C.Usha,
Assistant Registrar (Computer) Tmt.R.Jayanthi-II,
Assistant Registrar (T & P)
3 Thiru.T.Logamani,
Assistant Registrar (Lok Adalat) Tmt.D.Shobhana,
Assistant Registrar (C.O.)
4 Thiru. K.Ramakrishnan,
Sub Assistant Registrar (Digitization-I) Thiru.M.Prabhakaran,
Sub Assistant Registrar (Judicial)
5 Tmt. S.Sujatha,
Sub Assistant Registrar (Digitization-VII) Thiru.K.Karunakaran,
Sub Assistant Registrar (Vigilance)
6 Tmt. P.V.Sarala,
Sub Assistant Registrar (C.S. – III) Tmt.P. Meena Jayalakshmi,
Sub Assistant Registrar (Writs)
The aforesaid Officers are hereby instructed to act as Vacation Officers from 20.12.2025 (Saturday) to 01.01.2026 (Thursday) (inclusive of holidays).
Sitting of the Vacation Court will be from 10.30 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. on 26.12.2025 (Friday) and 30.12.2025 (Tuesday) in the Madras High Court (both Principal Seat and Madurai Bench).
The method of hearing of cases being followed now in the Madras High Court (Principal Seat and Madurai Bench) will be applicable for the Christmas Holidays Sitting – 2025.
The cases with stay and urgent hearing alone shall be filed before the Vacation Court Officers, on the following appointed date and time. No cases shall be entertained beyond the stipulated time on the appointed day.
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The cases with stay and urgent hearing alone should be presented along with the papers to the Vacation Officers from 10.30 a.m. to 01.30 p.m. on 24.12.2025 (Wednesday) in the Madras High Court, both at the Principal Seat at Madras and in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai by following the present system of filing of case papers, copy applications, returning/re-presenting the case papers and receiving the order copies.
The Petitions which are filed online between 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on 24.12.2025 (Wednesday) will alone be entertained.
Subsequent to the appointed date of filing, in case of any extreme urgency, mentioning shall be made before the concerned Vacation Bench on the date of sitting in the Court.
The cases filed with interim applications for stay / injunction / direction on urgency will be numbered (if there is no defects found or defects rectified) and the interim applications will be listed for hearing.
Other than the Court sitting days (during Vacation Period), permission of the Hon’ble the Chief Justice shall be obtained through the Registry. The Special Sitting, if necessary, will be assigned only by the Hon’ble the Chief Justice.
No application should be presented at the residence of the Hon’ble Vacation Judges under any circumstances and no lunch motion will be entertained during the Christmas Holidays – 2025.
The e-mail id of the Vacation Officers are as follows:-
a) Principal Seat: masbenchvac1@gmail.com
b) Madurai Bench: mdubenchvac1@gmail.com
For the bail petitions, Lower Court bail order should be enclosed along with the petitions.
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‘Motion Slip’ should be presented before the Vacation Officers stating the urgency of the matter and also the advocates shall mention the date when the cause of action arose and when the petition/suit/appeal etc., was filed.
The procedures followed by the Registry during Vacation Sitting in respect of ‘physical filing’ may also be applicable for ‘online filing’.
The Registry of the Madras High Court (both the Principal Seat and Madurai Bench) will work from 10.00 a.m. to 4.45 p.m., on all working days during Christmas Holidays – 2025, except the Court sitting days, on which days, the Registry will function from 10.00 a.m. to 5.45 p.m., or till the rising of the Court, whichever is later.
HIGH COURT, MADRAS }{ Sd/- S. ALLI
DATED: 17.12.2025 }{ REGISTRAR GENERAL