CIRCULAR
On the assumption of office by the Hon’ble
Thiru. Justice Sanjib Banerjee, as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at
Madras, there will be a Welcome Address by the Advocate General, Chairman,
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Presidents of the Madras High Court
Advocates’ Association, Madras Bar Association, Women Lawyers’ Association and
Law Association, Madras on Monday, the 4th January 2021, at 11.30 a.m., in the
Meeting Hall, Additional Library Building, High Court, Madras.
The proceedings can be viewed virtually at
https://youtu.be/aMwL_YLCA0A
The sitting of Hon’ble Judges will commence at 12.30 p.m.
// BY ORDER //
High Court, Madras: C.KUMARAPPAN
Dated: 01.01.2021 : REGISTRAR GENERAL
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NOTIFICATION NO. 1/2021
It is hereby notified for the information of the Advocates and the parties
appearing in person that in the event of non availability of any Court, as also in the
event of any Court passing an order for not placing the matter before the said Court
and in the event impugned order is passed by one of the Hon’ble Judges of the
Division Bench taking up the case, the following arrangement has been approved with
effect from 04.01.2021:
A) The urgent matters pertaining to the Division Bench presided over by the
Hon’ble the Chief Justice be placed before the Division Bench presided over by
Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.Subbiah.
B) The urgent matters pertaining to the Division Bench presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice R.Subbiah be placed before the Division Bench presided over by
Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.Sathyanarayanan and Vice Versa.
C) The urgent matters pertaining to the Division Bench presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice N.Kirubakaran be placed before the Division Bench presided over by
Hon'ble Mr.Justice T.S.Sivagnanam and Vice Versa.
D) The urgent matters pertaining to the Division Bench presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice M.Duraiswamy be placed before the Division Bench presided over by
Hon’ble Mr.Justice T.Raja and Vice Versa.
E) The urgent matters pertaining to the Division Bench presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice P.N.Prakash be placed before the Division Bench presided over by
Hon’ble Mr.Justice T.Raja.
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F) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
S.Vaidyanathan be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
R.Mahadevan and Vice Versa.
G) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon’ble Ms.Justice
V.M.Velumani be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
D.Krishnakumar and Vice Versa.
H) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
V.Bharathidasan be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice P.Velmurugan and Vice Versa.
I) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
S.S.Sundar be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
N.Seshasayee and Vice Versa.
J) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
M.Govindaraj be placed before the Court presided over by Hon’ble Mr.Justice
Abdul Quddhose and Vice Versa.
K) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
M.Sundar be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
C.V.Karthikeyan and Vice Versa.
L) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
R.Suresh Kumar be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice B.Pugalendhi and Vice Versa.
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M) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
S.M.Subramaniam be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Dr.Justice G.Jayachandran and Vice Versa.
N) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Dr.Justice
Anita Sumanth be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
C.Saravanan and Vice Versa.
O) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
T.Ravindran be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
RMT.Teekaa Raman and Vice Versa.
P) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mrs.Justice V.Bhavani Subbaroyan be placed before the Court presided over by
Hon'ble Mr.Justice G.K.Ilanthiraiyan and Vice Versa.
Q) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
A.D.Jagadish Chandira be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice N.Anand Venkatesh and Vice Versa.
R) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
P.Rajamanickam be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice R.Pongiappan and Vice Versa.
S) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Ms.Justice
P.T.Asha, be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
P.Rajamanickam.
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T) The urgent matters pertaining to the Court presided over by Hon'ble Mr.Justice
Krishnan Ramasamy, be placed before the Court presided over by Hon'ble
Mr.Justice T.Ravindran.
This would also include the matters in which any Division Bench passes an
order not to place any particular matter before a bench of which one of the Hon’ble
Judges is a member or a Hon'ble Single Judge passes an order “Not before me” or
“Post before some other Bench” etc.
The aforesaid directions shall be in force until the present assignment
continues. In the event of any difficulty in .giving effect to the aforesaid general
directions and in the event when a matter cannot be placed before the regular Court
and the alternate Court as per this standing order, the matter shall be placed before
the Hon'ble the Chief Justice for appropriate directions.
//BY ORDER//
HIGH COURT, MADRAS : M.JOTHIRAMAN
DATED : 01.01.2021 : REGISTRAR (JUDICIAL)
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NOTIFICATION NO. 280 / 2020
The Madras High Court Video Conferencing Rules, 2020 has been published in the
TamilNadu Government Gazette dated 15.07.2020 in Bulletin No.29 to enable and
to regulate the conduct of proceedings by courts and tribunals through Video Conferencing.
Rule 3 (8) of Madras High Court Video Conferencing Rules, 2020 reads as follows.
“There shall be no unauthorized recording of Judicial Proceedings by any person.”
As incident regarding unauthorized recording of court proceedings has been noticed, all
concerned is hereby informed that the provisions with reference to prohibition on
unauthorized recording of court proceedings in the Madras High Court Video Conferencing
Rules, 2020 shall be adhered scrupulously.
//BY ORDER OF THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE//
HIGH COURT, MADRAS : M.JOTHIRAMAN
DATED : 18.12.2020 : REGISTRAR (JUDICIAL)
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