Summary:
“Reconstruction of the missing records may be the solution on the administrative side but the fact that 100 case bundles not returned from the residence of the retired judge cannot be ignored. In several cases where the judge 'delivered' an oral order in open court, actual orders were neither delivered nor made available to the litigants. The status of this case is shown as disposed of on March 21, 2017 by Justice CHENNAI: In an embarrassing first for the 156-year-old Madras high court , a CBI probe has been ordered after a former judge of the court, T Mathivanan, failed to return at least 100 case bundles after his retirement in May 2017. However, the petitioner was not able to get the order copy despite payment of necessary charges..