Search results
The Madras High Court (IAST: Meṭrās Uyar Nītimaṉṟam) is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is one of the oldest high courts of India along with Calcutta High Court in Kolkata [1] [2] [3] and Bombay High Court in Mumbai.
- 26 June 1862; 161 years ago
The Indian High Courts Act, 1861, was the great reforming Act of the administration of justice in India and still forms the basis of the modern judicial system. This Act authorised the creation by Letters Patent of High Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay and the creation of a new High Court which was done at Allahabad. in 1866.
Feb 16, 2022 · 3. Third Stage 1686 to 1726 – During this period the following courts were established for the administration of justice – (i) Court of Admiralty – Under the Charters of 1683 and 1686, a Court of Admiralty was established in Madras in 1686 superseding the Court of Judicature which had temporarily ceased to exist in 1684.
Jul 18, 2017 · The Madras Bar Association (MBA), formed in 1865, recently celebrated 125 years (July 12, 1892) of the High Court. “Though the Madras High Court dates back to 155 years — to the time when it ...
Dec 26, 2018 · The Madras High Court Museum has been educating history enthusiasts on its colonial past and the history of law in India for over a year now December 26, 2018 11:20 am | Updated 03:31 pm IST Sweta ...
of Madras was given. But the Court of the Recorder at Madras was a short lived. It was abolished in 1800 but it was a very important experiment in the centralization of justice.7 The first great court of Madras (a Supreme Court of Judicature) was established at Fort St. George on 26th December, 1801. The new Supreme Court was to be a court of ...
The court also had a jail attached to it. Important cases were remitted to England while the local Naik as observed earlier was charged with responsibility of adjudicating cases against Indians. The jurisdiction or ceiling of the value of cases that could be dealt with by the Choultry Court was fixed at 50 pagodas. The
