Madras High Court Case Status
Check Madras High Court case status by case number or party name. The court runs from Chennai and the Madurai Bench, and Madurai keeps its own separate register.
Pick the right seat before you search: a Madurai matter never shows up in a Chennai search. It's printed on your case papers.
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Before you search
Four things, and all four have to be right.
Get one wrong and you get an empty result, not an error. That's what makes these searches so frustrating.
- Case type. The same number goes out under every type each year. A writ petition and a criminal appeal can both be 1234.
- Case number. The number allotted when the case was registered.
- Year. When it was filed, not the year of your next hearing.
- Bench. this court sits in 2 places, and each keeps its own register. They're listed below.
Worth keeping to hand: your CNR, the 16-character code printed on every order and filing receipt. It never changes, so it's the thing to quote when you deal with the registry, and it's what a district court search takes as its key.
Benches
Pick the right seat, or you'll find nothing.
Each bench of the Madras High Court keeps its own register and its own cause list. A case filed at one simply doesn't appear in a search of another, and that, far more than anything else, is why a search you're sure should work comes back empty.
- Principal Seat, Chennai
- Madurai Bench
Cause list
Where your case falls in the day.
The registry publishes the next day's running order each evening: court number, bench, and where your matter sits in the list. Each bench publishes its own. Find your case above, then track it and we'll tell you when it's next listed.
Other names
Same court, different names.
People search the Madras High Court as MHC, Chennai High Court, Madurai Bench. They're all the same court, and this page covers every one of them.
Questions
The things people ask us.
How do I check Madras High Court case status by case number?
Select Chennai or Madurai, choose the case type (WP, CRP, OSA and so on), then enter the case number and filing year.
Is the Madurai Bench searched separately from Chennai?
Yes. The Madurai Bench has its own case register and cause list. If a Chennai search comes back empty for a case you know exists, try Madurai.
What is the MHC cause list?
MHC is the usual abbreviation for the Madras High Court. The daily cause list is published per seat for the next working day.
How do I get a Madras High Court judgment copy online?
Once a matter is decided, the order or judgment PDF is attached to the case record. Search the case below and open the orders section to download it.
Is the Chennai High Court the same as the Madras High Court?
Yes. The city was renamed Chennai in 1996 and the court kept its original style, so it remains the Madras High Court while sitting at Chennai.
Which districts go to the Madurai bench?
The Madurai bench covers the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, including Madurai, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar and Thoothukudi. The rest of the state goes to Chennai.
Does the Madras High Court cover Puducherry?
Yes. The union territory of Puducherry falls under the jurisdiction of the Madras High Court.
Elsewhere
Other High Courts.
If this isn't your court
Where to look instead.
Filed somewhere else? Kerala High Court, Karnataka High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court sit next door. If you are not sure which High Court a case belongs to, the High Court case status directory is the place to start, and the seat is decided by where the case was filed rather than where you live.
A matter below the High Court will not be on this register at all. For those, use court case status from the taluka court up, which also accepts a CNR.
We read the public eCourts record, so this is only as current as the registry has published. If something turns on a deadline or a limitation period, check with the registry or your advocate. Don't rely on us for that. If it's the law itself you need, the bare acts are here in full.