Supreme Court of Madras


       This is the drawing  of the residence of first Chief  Justice  of the Supreme  court of Madras Presidency  Sir Thomas Andrew  Strange. The Supreme  Court was established  in December  1800. It intially  functioned inside  the Fort in Choultry  Gate Street. Due to shortage of space  inside  the Fort due to expanding administrative  set up many departments began to move out of the fort to the north of Esplanade  on North Beach Road . The first to move  was sea customs and the Supreme court  moved to Bentick Buildings in 1817. It functioned their until 1862 when the High Court  was established for the Presidency. Sir Tiruvarur  Muthusamy  Iyer was the first Indian Judge appointed  in 1878 whose statue  adorns the new High Court  buildings  inaugurated  in 1892.

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