A view of the Madras High Court in Chennai. File
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The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the names of 19 persons including 10 lawyers and nine judicial officers, for appointment as judges of the Madras High Court which now functions with a working strength of 52 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 75 including three serving in other High Courts.According to a statement issued by the apex court administration, its collegium met on Monday (May 18, 2026) to consider proposals received from the High Court’s collegium on November 4, November 21, December 7 and December 10, 2025 for elevating many lawyers and judicial officers.After considering the proposals in accordance with the Memorandum of Procedure for Appointment of High Court judges, the top court cleared the names of judicial offficers P. Murugan M.D. Sumathi, S. Alli, C. Thirumagal Chadrasekar, Dharmalingam Lingeswaran and Karthikeyan Balathandayutham from the first list.
Advocate N. Ramesh, now serving as Special Public Prosecutor, Directorate of Enforcement
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