The Madras High Court has been highly successful in early disposal of commercial cases ever since an exclusive commercial division and an appellate division were constituted under the provisions of the Commercial Courts Act of 2015.
Though 1,454 commercial cases were pending in the High Court as on December 4, 2017, the number had been reduced to 738 as on April 30 this year with the High Court having been able to consistently maintain over 100% of case clearance rate (CCR).
| NUMBER OF CASES PENDING AS ON APR 1, 2022 | NUMBER OF CASES INSTITUTED IN APRIL 2022 | NUMBER OF CASES DISPOSED OF IN APRIL 2022 | NUMBER OF CASES PENDING AS ON APRIL 30, 2022 | |
| MADRAS HIGH COURT- COMMERCIAL DIVISION | 754 | 29 | 45 | 738 |
| MADRAS HIGH COURT -COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION | 157 | 13 | 2 | 168 |
| PRINCIPAL SEAT -TOTAL | 911 | 42 | 47 | 906 |
| MADURAI BENCH -COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 922 | 42 | 47 | 917 |