sir arthur collins was the judge of madras high court.
sir arthur collins was the judge of madras high court.
who is the judge of madras high court?
sir arthur collins
indira banerjee was appointed as a permanent judge of the calcutta high court on 5 february 2002 and transferred to the delhi high court with effect from 8 august 2016. she was elevated as the chief justice of the madras high court and assumed charge on 5 april 2017.









































justice banerjee succeeded justice sanjay kishan kaul as the chief justice of the madras high court, after he was elevated to the supreme court of india. she is the second woman to head the chartered high court, after justice kanta kumari bhatnagar who headed the court between june and november 1992.
indira banerjee
in february 2006, a group of ex-employees of the factory approached the madras high court seeking directions for conducting a fresh health survey and providing economic rehabilitation. a year later, the madras high court constituted a five-member expert committee, with representatives from itrc, aiims and nioh to decide whether the alleged health conditions of the workers and their families were related to mercury exposure, and recommend whether there was need for a new health study. the committee after examining the ex-workers, questioning the hindustan unilever limited (hul) officials and after a visit to the factory in october 2007 submitted its report suggesting that there is "no sufficient evidence to link the current clinical condition of the factory workers to the mercury exposure in the factory in the past". accepting the report, the madras high court ruled out the need for any fresh health study. in the meantime, the ministry of labour and employment, which is also a respondent in the case before the madras high court conducted a detailed study by a team comprising experts from various fields found that there is prima facie evidence to suggest that not only the workers of the factory, but even the children of the workers, have suffered because of exposure to mercury. the ministry submitted its report to the madras high court in 2011. it also recommended setting up a board to examine the extent of damage or disability suffered by workers and their children because of exposure to mercury, and based on the assessment of the board workers can approach the employment compensation commissioner to seek compensation.
kodaikanal mercury poisoning