Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Making Four Additional Judges Of Madras High Court Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended making four additional judges of the Madras High Court as permanent.

In its meeting held on 20th February, 2025, the collegium has proposed the appointment of following judges as the permanent judges of Madras High Court:

(i) Justice Ramasamy Sakthivel

(ii) Justice P Dhanabal

(iii) Justice Chinnasamy Kumarappan, and 

(iv) Justice Kandasamy Rajasekar

The Centre appointed the four judicial officers as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court on May 19, 2023. 

Justice Sakthivel, who enrolled as an Advocate in 1998 joined the District Judiciary in 2011 through direct recruitment and held positions such as Additional District Judge in Thanjavur and Coimbatore, Administrator General and the Official Trustee (AGOT) of Tamil Nadu, Registrar General of Madras High Court, Principal District Judge of Coimbatore and Krishnagiri Districts.

Justice P. Dhanabal, who was serving as the Registrar General of the Madras High Court at the time of his elevation joined the District Judiciary in 2011. He served as an Additional District Munsif and thereafter as Additional Sub Judge at Dharmapuri, and as III Additional District Judge, II Additional District Judge(PCR,) and I Additional District Judge at Tirunelveli. He also served as Principal District Judge, Cuddalore and then as Chief Judge, Puducherry.

Justice C Kumarappan, who also joined the District Judiciary as District Judge in 2011, served in Thoothukudi and Madurai Districts. He also served in the Registry of Madras High Court as the Registrar (IT-cum- Statistics) and Registrar General and was the Presiding Officer at the Principal Labour Court, Chennai at the time of his elevation.

Justice K Rajasekar who became a District Judge (Entry Level) in 2011 served at Namakkal, Salem, Chennai, Tirunelveli, and Coimbatore before being elevated as the Additional Judge of the Madras High Court.