The Madras High Court is a senior court located at Chennai (Madras), in India. The court buildings, which are believed to be the second largest judicial complex in the world, are located near the beach, in one of the city’s major business districts.
About Madras High Court :
The Madras high court on Tuesday upheld the legality of a government order placing severe curbs on quarrying, transportation and sale of sand in Tamil Nadu, stating that uncontrolled mining would sound a death knell for honest officials, ecological system and livelihood of people.
The April 2, 2011 government order, which inserted a new clause in Rule 38 of the Tamil nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules 1963, prohibited stocking sand for sale in any place without a valid licence. It sought to prevent illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals, and said licences for storing sand should be obtained from the district collector. It empowered authorities to confiscate any stock of sand on transit or at storage point, and permitted impounding and cancellation of licence of vehicles used for transporting sand without due permit.
Attraction Madras High Court In Chennai :
The Madras (Chennai) High Court building, red sandstone Indo-Saracen building is situated near the St George Fort at Parry’s Corner. The building was constructed in 1892 and is considered to be the second largest judicial complex in the world. The central tower of the building is 165 ft high. Tourists can enter inside and see the building from 10:30 to 14:30 hrs on all days expect Sundays and public holidays.
History Of Madras High Court In Chennai :
British India’s three presidency towns of Madras (Chennai), Bombay (Mumbai), and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June 1862.[3] The letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament’s Indian High Courts Act 1861. The three courts remain unique in modern India, having been established under British royal charter; this is in contrast with the country’s other high courts, which have been directly established under Indian legislation. However, the Constitution of India recognises the status of the older courts.
The Madras High Court was formed by merging the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, and the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. The Court was required to decide cases in accordance with justice, equity and good conscience. The earliest judges of the High Court included Judges Holloway, Innes and Morgan. The first Indian to sit as a judge of the High Court was Justice T. Muthuswamy Iyer. Other early Indian judges included Justices V. Krishnaswamy Iyer and P. R. Sundaram Iyer.
The Madras High Court was a pioneer in Original Side jurisdiction reform in favour of Indian practitioners as early as the 1870s.
The Madras High Court’s history means that the decisions of the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are still binding on it, provided that the ratio of a case has not been overruled by the Supreme Court of India.
Although the name of the city was changed from Madras to Chennai in 1996, the Court as an institution did not follow suit, and has remained as the Madras High Court.