# TVK will demand a Supreme Court bench in Chennai

- ID: P01-A-10#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p01-a-10-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p01-a-10-1)
- Pillar: 1. Tamil Identity and Pride
- Section: A. Protection of Tamil Nadu's Financial and State Rights
- Manifesto page: 9
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 4 Nov 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Continuous representation will be made to the Union Government to establish a bench of the Supreme Court in Chennai.

## Where it stands

Announced on 4 Nov 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The Chief Minister announced that representation has been made to the Union Government to establish a Supreme Court bench in Chennai.

**So far:** Representation to the Prime Minister urging the establishment of a bench

**Not yet seen:** No formal commitment or establishment of a bench has been confirmed by the Union Government.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 4 Nov 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22917: Chief Minister wrote to the Prime Minister urging the Centre to take steps to establish a Supreme Court bench in Chennai. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-PR_No.990-Hon_ble_CM_D.O._Letter_to_Hon_ble_PM_-_To_set_up_a_Bench_of_Supreme_Court_in_Chennai_-Date__4.11.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.