Unclaimed compensation in motor accident and Labour Court cases now has a single window: the Madras High Court launches a digital dashboard for it, and the Registry has told all Principal District Judges to ensure that subordinate courts keep the entries current.
Chennai: A dedicated digital dashboard launched by the Madras High Court lets anyone track unclaimed amounts in Motor Accident Claims Petitions (MCOPs) and Labour Court cases across the State’s subordinate courts.
Built in coordination with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Madras, the dashboard was cleared by the High Court’s Computer Committee at its meeting on September 28 and is now live on the High Court’s website.
Why the High Courts are building these
The launch comes after a Supreme Court monitoring exercise on compensation deposited with Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and Labour Courts (SMW(C) No. 7/2024). On July 28, 2026, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar asked the Registrars General of the Delhi, Allahabad, Madras, Meghalaya and Telangana High Courts to file compliance reports within six weeks on setting up dashboards with live updates on such deposits. The Bench recorded that High Courts had earlier been asked to create and regularly update these dashboards with the State governments, and it listed the matter for September 16, 2026.
The benefits the High Court lists
The High Court names identification of unclaimed compensation deposits, quicker payment to rightful beneficiaries and central monitoring of deposits across courts among the gains. The tool is also meant to help trace missing claimants, through coordination with Legal Services Authorities, paralegal volunteers, police and revenue officials.
Its other stated aims are more transparency and accountability in compliance monitoring, better administrative efficiency by cutting reliance on scattered records, protection of claimants’ financial interests through fixed-deposit safeguards, and support for monitoring compliance with judicial directions.
What district courts must do
In a directive of October 6, the Registry asked all Principal District Judges to see that subordinate courts update the dashboard and make the required entries for cases under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, as well as pending Labour Court cases.
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Subject: Madras High Court digital dashboard for unclaimed amounts in MCOPs and Labour Court cases
Approved by: High Court Computer Committee, September 28, 2026
Registry directive: October 6, 2026