HIGH COURT OF MADRAS - PRINCIPAL SEAT @ MADRAS

SITTING ARRANGEMENT - From 02.03.2020

[Link]. HON’BLE JUDGES SUBJECTS

1 The Hon’ble The Chief Justice Public Interest Litigations relating to Forest, Public Health,
and Infrastructure and Government Policies - (All Stages),
Subramonium Prasad, J Writ Appeals against all Final Orders passed by the Learned
Single Judge (Other than Tax Matters) - (All Stages)
Writ Appeal against Interlocutory / Interim Orders passed by
the learned single Bench (Other than tax matters) - (All Stages)
- from the year 2019
Writ Petitions challenging vires of Act, Rules or Regulations (All
Stages) ^
Division Bench Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals relating to
Judicial Service and Service of Court Employees including High
Court Employees, Writ Petitions/Writ Appeals filed by or
against the High Court (All Stages)

la Subramonium Prasad, J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Writ Petitions,
from the provisional list
2 Vineet Kothari, J Public Interest Litigations relating to Environment, Water and
and Coastal Environment Preservation, Fishermen and Street
[Link] Kumar, J Vendors Regulations - (All Stages)
Writ Appeal against Interlocutory / Interim Orders passed by
the learned single Bench (Other than tax matters) - (All Stages)
- upto the year 2018
Tax Cases arising from Indirect Tax Laws (Including Customs,
Excise, GST, Sales Tax, etc.) - (All Stages)
Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act,
Wealth Tax Act) - Upto the year 2017 (All Stages)
Original Side Appeals from the year 2018 (All Stages)

2a [Link] Kumar, J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Civil

Miscellaneous Appeals (Other than Motor Accident Claims
Tribunal Cases and Arbitration cases), from the provisional list

3 , [Link], J First Appeals and Second Appeals to be heard by a Division

and Bench (All Stages)
[Link], J Special Tribunal Appeals (All Stages)
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Motor Accident
Claims Tribunals and Family Courts - (All Stages).
Commercial Appellate Division Appeals from Commercial
Division of High Court relating to Admiralty, Arbitration and
Intellectual Property matters - All Stages

3a [Link], J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Civil

Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Motor Accident Claims
Tribunal, from the provisional list
4 [Link], J Commercial Appellate Division Appeals from Commercial
and Division of High Court (Other than Admiralty, Arbitration and
Abdul Quddhose, J Intellectual Property Matters) - All Stages
Commercial Appellate Division Appeals from Commercial
Courts, to be heard by Division Bench (All Stages)
All other Appellate Side Cases to be heard by a Division Bench
which are not specifically assigned to any other Division Bench
- (All Stages)
Tax Cases arising from Direct Tax Laws (like Income Tax Act,
Wealth Tax Act) - from the year 2018 (All Stages)
Original Side Appeals - upto the year 2017 (All Stages)

4a Abdul Quddhose, J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Second Appeals,
from the provisional list

5 [Link], J Habeas Corpus Petitions (All Stages)

and All Criminal Appeals and other Criminal Cases to be heard by a
[Link], J Division Bench - .(including Crime Against Women and
Children) - All Stages
Criminal Contempt and Appeals relating to Orders in Contempt
Proceedings (All Stages)
Writ Petitions to be heard by a Division Bench which are not
specifically assigned to any other Division Bench (All Stages)

5a [Link], J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Criminal Original

Petitions (u/s.482 of [Link]), from the provisional list

6 [Link], J Public Interest Litigation which are not specifically assigned to

and any other Court - (All Stages),
Krishnan Ramasamy, J Appeals/Writ Petitions/Civil Revision Petitions arising from the
orders of Central Administrative Tribunal (All Stages)
SARFAESI, IBC and other Bank related cases in connection
with SARFAESI - (All Stages)
Cases relating to National Company Law Tribunal (All Stages)

6a Krishnan Ramasamy, J Whenever Division Bench is not sitting - Old Civil Revision
Petitions, from the provisional list

7 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to Cinema, Electricity, APM, Education,

Municipalities, Panchayat and Local Bodies, Cooperative
Societies, Motor Vehicle, Forest and Industries, Land Reforms,
Land Tenancy, ULC, Land Ceiling and Land Acquisition and
other Land Laws including cases relating to Patta and other
issues relating to Land Revenue and Registration - upto the
year 2017 (All Stages)

8 [Link], J Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petitions (All Stages)

Civil Miscellaneous Appeals (Other than Motor Accident Claims
Tribunal Cases and Arbitration cases) - (All Stages)
Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeals - (All Stages) .
9 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to Service (All Stages), upto the year
2012

10 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to General Miscellaneous and Mines and

Minerals - (All Stages), from the year 2018

11 Pushpa Sathyanarayana, J Writ Petitions relating to General Miscellaneous and Mines and
Minerals - (All Stages) - upto the year 2017

12 [Link], J First Appeals (All Stages)

13 [Link], J Civil Revision Petitions, upto the year 2017 (All Stages)

14 [Link], J Writ Petitions' relating to Tax Matters (including Income Tax,

Sales Tax, Motor Vehicle Tax), Customs and Central Excise,
Prohibition and State Excise - (All Stages), upto the year 2017

15 [Link], J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arising from Motor Accidents

Claims Tribunal to be heard by a Single Bench - (upto the year
2014)-All Stages

16 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to Service (All Stages) - From the year
2013 to 2017

17 [Link], J Civil Revision Petitions (All Stages) - From the year 2018

18 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to Service (All Stages), from the year
2018
19 [Link], J Second Appeal (All Stages).from the years 2014

20 [Link], J Writ Petitions relating to Labour and RTI Act (All Stages)
Writ Petitions relating to Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme

21 [Link], J Applications for setting aside of arbitral awards under Sec.34

of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and/or Sections
30 and 33 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 including cases relating
to Commercial Division in the above classification (All Stages)
Company Petitions and Company Appeals (All Stages)

22 [Link], J Cases relating to Commercial Division i.e. Civil Suits

(Commercial) - All Stages
23 [Link], J Civil Miscellaneous Appeals from arising Motor Accident
Claims Tribunal to be heard by a Single Bench - (from the year
2015-All Stages)

24 Anita Sumanth, J Writ Petitions relating to Tax Matters (including Income Tax,
Sales Tax, Motor Vehicle Tax), Customs and Central Excise,
Prohibition and State Excise - (All Stages) - from the year 2018
Writ Petitions relating to HR & CE - (All Stages)

25 [Link], J Criminal Appeals (including Appeals relating to Crime against

women and Children) and Criminal Revision - From the year
2011 to 2015 (All Stages)
26 [Link] Kumar, J Civil Suits including Undefended Suits and Framing of Issues
and connected Interlocutory Applications, upto the year 2013
(except Commercial Division Cases) - All Stages
Insolvency Petitions (All Stages)
Arbitration Matters, including cases relating to Commercial
Division, which are not specifically assigned to any other
Bench (All Stages)
Civil Miscellaneous Appeals and Civil Revision Petitions
relating to Arbitration Laws (All Stages)

27 [Link], J Second Appeal (All Stages) - upto the year 2006

28 [Link] Chandira, 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

29 [Link], J Criminal Appeals (including Appeals relating to Crime against

women and Children) and Criminal Revision - From the year
2016 (All Stages)

30 [Link], J Second Appeals (All Stages) from the years 2007 to 2013

31 [Link] Kumar, J CBI and Prevention of Corruption Act Cases (All Stages)
(Except Bail and Anticipatory Bail Applications)
Criminal Appeals (including Appeals relating to Crime against
women and Children) and Criminal Revision - upto the year
2010 - (All Stages)
Criminal Original Petitions (u/s 407 and 482 Cr.P.C.), WP
(Cr.P.C.) (All Stages) - Upto the year 2015

32 [Link] Venkatesh, J Writ Petitions relating to Cinema, Electricity, APM, Education,

Municipalities, Panchayat and Local Bodies, Cooperative
Societies, Motor Vehicle, Forest and Industries, Land Reforms,
Land Tenancy, ULC, Land Ceiling and Land Acquisition and
other Land Laws including cases relating to Patta and other
issues relating to Land Revenue and Registration - from the
year 2018 (All Stages)

33 [Link], J Criminal Original Petitions (u/s407 and 482 of Cr.P.C.), WP

(Cr.P.C.) (All Stages) - From the year 2016

34 Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J Civil Suits including Undefended Suits and Framing of Issues
and connected Interlocutory Applications, from the year 2014
(except Commercial Division Cases) - All Stages
Original Petitions (other than Arbitration Matters)
Testamentary Original Suits and Original Matrimonial Suits
(All Stages)
Note:

• Cases should be listed chronologically as per the date of filing, unless otherwise directed having regard to exceptional
urgency.
• 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/Clariiication/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
[Link] and the Junior Judge of the former Division Bench.

♦ Civil Contempt Petitions/Applications shall be listed before Hon’ble Judge or Judges in respect of whose Judgments,
Decree, Direction, Order, Writ or other process, the Contempt is alleged, for orders as to whether notice to be issued to the
alleged Contemner.
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 [Link] 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 [Link] 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//

Registrar (Judicial), High Court, Madras