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Madras High Court

Data as on 01.11.2026. Source: LawInC analysis of Department of Justice data.

Sitting judges of this Court, followed by judges whose Parent High Court is this Court and who are serving elsewhere, and sitting Supreme Court judges drawn from this Parent High Court. Parent High Court Seniority is kept after a transfer; that is the figure the public monthly list does not present as an all-India picture.

67
Sitting
75
Sanctioned
8
Vacancies
3
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
5
Of other PHCs, serving here
2
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Chennai
Benches. Madurai
Official website. https://www.hcmadras.tn.gov.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari (Parent High Court: Madhya Pradesh)

Collegium of the Madras High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari07.07.2028
MemberJustice Sankaranarayanan23.12.2039
MemberJustice S.M. Subramaniam30.05.2027

Next change: Justice S.M. Subramaniam retires on 30.05.2027; Justice Nagarajan Dilip Kumar joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (67)

Ordered by sitting-court seniority (SHC-S). PHC-S is the Permanent High Court Number (parent-court seniority, kept after transfer). AIS is All India Seniority as on this date, including Additional Judges. Incoming transferred judges, including the Chief Justice, appear here.

SHC-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
1354545Hon'ble Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari Chief Justice BarMadrasMadhya PradeshBar07.04.201607.07.2028CJ.Madras
275777777Hon'ble Justice Sankaranarayanan BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202623.12.2039RAVEEKUMAR Addl.
395454Hon'ble Justice S.M. Subramaniam BarMadrasMadrasBar05.10.201630.05.2027
476778778Hon'ble Justice Nagarajan Dilip Kumar BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202622.03.2042Addl. Addl.
5105555Hon'ble Justice Dr. (smt.) Anita Sumanth BarMadrasMadrasBar05.10.201614.04.2032
677779779Hon'ble Justice Ellappan Manoharan BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202627.10.2040Addl. Addl.
7115656Hon'ble Justice P. Velmurugan ServiceMadrasMadrasService05.10.201608.06.2027
878780780Hon'ble Justice Dr. P. Murugan ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202620.05.2036Addl. Addl.
9125757Hon'ble Justice Dr. G. Jayachandran ServiceMadrasMadrasService05.10.201631.03.2027
1079781781Hon'ble Justice Smt. M. D. Sumathi ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202602.04.2037Addl. Addl.
11135858Hon'ble Justice C.V. Karthikeyan ServiceMadrasMadrasService05.10.201613.12.2026
1280782782Hon'ble Justice Smt. S. Alli ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202611.06.2028Addl. Addl.
13157070Hon'ble Justice N. Sathish Kumar ServiceMadrasMadrasService16.11.201605.05.2029
1481783783Hon'ble Justice Smt. Thirumagal ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202605.08.2028CHANDRASEKAR Addl.
15198888Hon'ble Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira BarMadrasMadrasBar28.06.201714.02.2028
1682784784Hon'ble Justice Shanmugam Karthikeyan ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202615.05.2041Addl. Addl.
17208989Hon'ble Justice G.R. Swaminathan BarMadrasMadrasBar28.06.201731.05.2030
1883785785Hon'ble Justice Baluchamy Murugesan ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202603.04.2032Addl. Addl.
19219090Hon'ble Justice Abdul Quddhose BarMadrasMadrasBar28.06.201707.09.2031
2084786786Hon'ble Justice N. Gunasekaran ServiceMadrasMadrasService09.08.202601.02.2038Addl. Addl.
21229191Hon'ble Justice M. Dhandapani BarMadrasMadrasBar28.06.201714.04.2030
2290825825Hon'ble Justice Dharmalingam Lingeswaran Additional ServiceMadrasMadrasService15.10.202610.05.2036Addl.
23239292Hon'ble Justice Pondicherry Daivasigamani BarMadrasMadrasBar28.06.201729.12.2032AUDIKESAVALU
2491826826Hon'ble Justice Balathandayutham ServiceMadrasMadrasService15.10.202609.12.2035KARTHIKEYAN Addl.
2526130130Hon'ble Justice Kumari P.T. Asha BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201821.08.2028
2627131131Hon'ble Justice M. Nirmal Kumar BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201822.11.2027
2728132132Hon'ble Justice N. Anand Venkatesh BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201803.07.2031
2829133133Hon'ble Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201808.07.2032
2930134134Hon'ble Justice Krishnan Ramasmy BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201802.06.2030
3031135135Hon'ble Justice C. Saravanan BarMadrasMadrasBar04.06.201830.11.2033
3132154154Hon'ble Justice B. Pugalendhi BarMadrasMadrasBar20.11.201824.05.2029
3233178178Hon'ble Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy BarMadrasMadrasBar22.02.201901.10.2028
3354207207Hon'ble Justice Hemant Chandangoudar BarMadrasKarnatakaBar11.11.201927.09.2031Joined on (PHC: Karnataka)
3458218218Hon'ble Justice Shamim Ahmed BarMadrasAllahabadBar12.12.201907.03.2028Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)
3518350351Hon'ble Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar BarMadrasTelanganaBar24.03.202223.11.2023Joined on [PHC: Telangana]
3645257257Hon'ble Justice Murali Shankar Kuppuraju ServiceMadrasMadrasService03.12.202030.05.2030
3747258258Hon'ble Justice Smt. Thamilselvi T. Valayapalayam ServiceMadrasMadrasService03.12.202018.06.2030
3835279279Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sundaram Srimathi BarMadrasMadrasBar12.10.202109.01.2029
3936280280Hon'ble Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy BarMadrasMadrasBar12.10.202123.07.2033
4037281281Hon'ble Justice R. Vijayakumar BarMadrasMadrasBar12.10.202121.12.2032
4138282282Hon'ble Justice Mohammed Shaffiq BarMadrasMadrasBar12.10.202105.03.2034
4236354354Hon'ble Justice Kasoju Surendhar @ K. Surender BarMadrasTelanganaBar24.03.202210.01.2030Joined on 16/06/25 (PHC: Telangana)
4341358358Hon'ble Justice Ms. Nidumolu Mala BarMadrasMadrasBar28.03.202223.04.2029
4442359359Hon'ble Justice Sivapunniyam Sounthar BarMadrasMadrasBar28.03.202228.07.2033
4548390390Hon'ble Justice Sunder Mohan BarMadrasMadrasBar06.06.202201.11.2031
4649391391Hon'ble Justice Kabali Kumaresh Babu BarMadrasMadrasBar06.06.202213.12.2031
4769474474Hon'ble Justice Smt. Lekshmana Chandra BarMadrasMadrasBar07.02.202320.05.2035VICTORIA GOWRI
4870475475Hon'ble Justice Pillaipakkam Bahukutumbi BarMadrasMadrasBar07.02.202311.04.2035BALAJI
4971476476Hon'ble Justice Kandhasami Kulandaivelu BarMadrasMadrasBar07.02.202326.05.2035RAMAKRISHNAN
5054473473Hon'ble Justice Ms. R. Kalaimathi ServiceMadrasMadrasService07.02.202317.04.2030
5172477477Hon'ble Justice Smt. K. Govindaranjan ServiceMadrasMadrasService07.02.202325.04.2028THILAKAVADI
5273486486Hon'ble Justice Venkatachari BarMadrasMadrasBar27.02.202303.10.2032LAKSHMINARAYANAN
5357496496Hon'ble Justice P. Vadamalai ServiceMadrasMadrasService27.03.202302.04.2028
5458509509Hon'ble Justice Ramasamy Sakthivel ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.05.202320.07.2035
5559510510Hon'ble Justice P. Dhanabal ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.05.202304.03.2036
5660511511Hon'ble Justice Chinnasamy Kumarappan ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.05.202314.07.2034
5761512512Hon'ble Justice Kandasamy Rajasekar ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.05.202328.04.2037
5862526526Hon'ble Justice N. Senthilkumar BarMadrasMadrasBar16.10.202315.10.2032
5974527527Hon'ble Justice G. Arul Murugan BarMadrasMadrasBar16.10.202326.05.2038
6064567567Hon'ble Justice Ms. R. Poornima ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.09.202402.07.2028
6165568568Hon'ble Justice M. Jothiraman ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.09.202403.06.2034
6266569569Hon'ble Justice Dr. (smt.) Augustine Devadoss ServiceMadrasMadrasService23.09.202405.11.2027MARIA CLETE
6385787787Hon'ble Justice Krishnaswamy Govindarajan BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202607.03.2034
6486788788Hon'ble Justice Rajnish Pathiyil BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202627.02.2035
6587789789Hon'ble Justice Natarajan Ramesh BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202603.03.2035
6688790790Hon'ble Justice G.K. Muthukumaar BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202609.10.2036
6789791791Hon'ble Justice Ramakrishnan Rajesh BarMadrasMadrasBar09.08.202602.01.2037VIVEKANANTHAN

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (3)

Including those serving as Chief Justice or as a puisne judge of another High Court. Their Parent High Court Seniority is unchanged.

SHC-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
1518129129Hon'ble Justice Subramonium Prasad BarDelhiMadrasBar04.06.201821.06.2029Joined on [PHC: Madras]
1675959Hon'ble Justice M. Sundar Chief Justice BarManipurMadrasBar05.10.201615.09.2025CJ.Manipur
6686060Hon'ble Justice Smt. J. Nisha Banu BarKeralaMadrasBar05.10.201619.12.2025Joined on (PHC: Madras)

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (5)

Sitting judges of this Court whose Parent High Court is another High Court (transferred in). Their Permanent High Court Seniority (PHC-S) is that of the Parent High Court.

JudgeParent High CourtPHC-S
Justice Sushrut Arvind DharmadhikariMadhya Pradesh35
Justice Hemant ChandangoudarKarnataka54
Justice Shamim AhmedAllahabad58
Justice Mummineni Sudheer KumarTelangana18
Justice Kasoju Surendhar @ K. SurenderTelangana36

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (2)

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
4Hon'ble Justice M.M. Sundresh31.08.202120.07.2027—
21Hon'ble Justice R. Mahadevan18.07.202406.06.2028—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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