HC bids adieu to four judges

April 29, 2017 12:26 am | Updated 12:26 am IST - Chennai

The Madras High Court has bid farewell to four sitting judges who are due to retire in May.

Friday was the last working day for justices S. Nagamuthu, S. Palanivelu, T. Mathivanan, and P. Devadass as the summer vacation for the court commences from May 1.

Pointing out that this was the first time a farewell function has been arranged for four judges’ together, Advocate-General R. Muthukumaraswamy, in his farewell address, said: “Surprisingly all the four judges were born and enrolled as advocates in the same month (May). Justices Nagamuthu, Mathivanan and Devadass were classmates, while Justice Palanivelu was their batch mate in Madurai Law College.”

With their retirement on May 30, 10, 27, and 14 respectively, the strength of the judges would be brought down to 49 as against the sanctioned strength of 75.

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