Madras High Court Rules

Madras High CourtHigh Court High Court Judges in England and Wales handle complex and tough cases, sitting in London and traveling to court centers around the country. They preside over serious criminal and important civil cases, and support the Lord and Lady Justices in hearing appeals. High Court Judges are commonly referred to as ‘Mr/Mrs/Ms Justice surname’ and are given the prefix ‘The Honourable’. They are assigned to the King’s Bench Division, the Family Division, or the Chancery Division. The King’s Bench Division focuses on civil wrongs and judicial review, the Family Division deals with family law, and the Chancery Division handles various cases including company law and probate. Judges are appointed through a rigorous process overseen by the Judicial Appointments Commission. Rules

1 Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service (Cadre and Recruitment) Rules, 2007
2 Criminal Rules of Practice, 1910
3 Amendments to Rules of the High Court Madras, Appellate side, 1965
4 The Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Act, 2024
5 Amendment to Rule 14A – Qualification and Mode of Appointment to the posts in Divisions II and III
6 Amendment to Rule 6 of Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders
7 Amendments made in the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015 – inclusion of Residential Assistant post
8 Amendments made in the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015 – Change in qualification for Computer Operator
9 Amendments made in the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015 – Change in qualification for Personal Assistant
10 Amendment to the Madras High Court Technical Manpower Rules
11 Amendments to the High Court Right to Information Rules, 2007
12 The Madras High Court Digitization Rules, 20222022 Important Events:
13 Guidelines for Recording of EvidenceEvidence All the means by which a matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted for investigation, is established or disproved. Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Adhiniyam 2023 of Vulnerable Witnesses
14 Amendments to the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015
15 Further Amendments to the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015
16 Amendment to Annexure “A” under Rule 6 and Annexure “B” under Rule 7 of Madras High Court Technical Manpower Rules, 2017
17 Amendments to the Madras High Court Writ Rules, 2021
18 Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocate Rules
19 Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022
20 The Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2020
21 Amendment to Appendix G of the Code of the Civil Procedure, 1908
22 Amendments to the Madras High Court Service Rules, 2015
23 Amendments to the Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019
24 Further Amendments to the Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019
25 Amendments to the Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2020
26 Amendments to the High Court Fees Rules, 1956
27 Amendments to Rules of the High Court Madras, Appellate side, 1965
28 Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Second Amendment) Act 2021
29 Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Act 2021
30 High Court Amendment (Madras) to Order XLI Rule 1(1) of the Code of Civil ProcedureCode of Civil Procedure Main Sections: Filing, Summons, Trial, Judgment, Execution, Appeal, Interim Applications, Interim Injunction, Cost, Notice Rules: Order VII. Statutory Drafting and Forms: General Pleding, 1908
31 Amendment to Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2020
32 Madras High Court Writ Rules, 2021
33 Amendment to Rule 2 of Order II of Rules of the High Court, Madras, Original Side, 1994
34 Amendment to Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
35 Amendment to Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Order
36 Madras Code (Unrepealed Regulations and Acts of the Governor of Fort St. George in Council, and Local Acts)
37 Madras High Court Party-In-Person Rules with Amendment
38 Madras High Court ArbitrationArbitration (ADR) A dispute settlement process whereby the parties agree to submit their differences to judges of their own choice and to abide by the decision of the judges. Rules
39 Madras High Court E-Filing Rules
40 Madras High Court Admiralty Rules
41 The Madras High Court Video-Conferencing in Courts Rules, 2020
42 Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocate Rules
43 The Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019
44 Madras High Court Video Conferencing Rules – 2018
45 Madras High Court Service Rules – 2015
46 The Madras High Court Arbitration Rules, 2017
47 Case Flow Management in Subordinate Courts
48 Public Interest LitigationPublic Interest Litigation It includes litigation the subject matter of which is a legal wrong or a legal injury caused to a person or to a determinate class of persons by reason of violation of any constitutional or legal right or any burden imposed in contravention of any constitutional or legal provision or without authority of law or any such legal wrong or legal injury or illegal burden is threatened and such person or determinate class of persons is, by reason of poverty, helplessness or disability or socially or economically disadvantaged position, unable to approach the Court, for relief, and for redressal of which any member of the public not having any personal interest in the subject-matter presents an application for an appropriate direction, order or writ in this Court under Article 226. Notwithstanding anything contained above, in any appropriate case, though the petitioner might have moved a Court in his private interest and for redressal of personal grievances, the Court in furtherance of the public interest involved therein may treat the subject of litigation in the interest of justice as a public interest litigation. Rules
49 Madras High Court Technical Manpower Rules 2017
50 Amendment to Tamil Nadu MediationMediation It includes a process (ICC Mediation Rule), whether referred to by the expression mediation, pre-litigation mediation, online mediation, community mediation, conciliation or an expression of similar import, whereby parties attempt to reach an amicable settlement of their dispute with the assistance of a third person referred to as mediator (Indian Law), who does not have the authority to impose a settlement upon the parties to the dispute. The process is private and confidential. The process ends when a settlement has, or has not, been reached. Read more Rules, 2010
51 Guidelines for Mediation Centres and Monitoring Sub Centres & Mediation Monitoring Sub-Committee (MMSC)
52 Guidelines for Empanelment of Mediators
53 The Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019
54 The Criminal Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1958