About Madras HC
One of the four oldest High Courts (constituted under the Indian High Courts Act 1861). Has Original Side jurisdiction. The Madurai Bench at Madurai serves the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
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Madras High Court on CourtNetra
CourtNetra auto-fetches hearing dates, cause lists, and case status from Madras HC, with WhatsApp + email alerts on every update. Coverage extends to the principal seat at Chennai, Tamil Nadu and the Madurai Bench.
Quick facts
Established
1862
Principal seat
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Jurisdiction
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Benches
Madurai Bench
Sanctioned strength
75 judges
Official website
E-filing
E-filing module integrated
Wikidata
How CourtNetra integrates with Madras HC
CourtNetra polls Chennai and Madurai cause lists separately. Original Side and Appellate Side filings are tracked distinctly. Tamil-language cover pages for filings that accept Tamil are on the roadmap.
Hearing alerts fire on cause-list changes, NDOH updates, and order publications. The 7 AM IST daily digest covers everything listed for the day across the principal seat and the benches. NyayaLens AI judgment search uses the Madras HC authored-judgment corpus when answering research queries relevant to this jurisdiction.
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