The Madras High Court has announced the vacation bench arrangements at the principal seat in Chennai and at the Madurai bench during the Dassara holidays, from October 8 to October 16.

While Justice B. Rajendran and Justice N. Authinathan will sit in the principal seat on October 14 to dispose urgent matters, Justice S. Vimala and Justice K Kalyanasundaram will sit in the Madurai bench.

The officers functioning in principal seat will be deputy registrar, Y. Sampathkumar and assistant registrars K. Kanniappan and K. Usharani, while those functioning in Madurai bench are: deputy registrar D. Premkumar and assistant registrars S. Authimoolam and P. Chandini Jasmine.

Notice of any application of urgent matters have to be presented along with the papers to the vacation officers before 1.30pm on October 13 in Chennai and Madurai. Sittings of the vacation bench will be from 10.30 am to 4.45 pm on October 14, both in the Chennai and Madurai.

The registries in both places will work from 10 am to 4.45 pm on October 13. They will function from 10 am to 5.45 pm or till the rising of the court, whichever is later, on October 14.