The Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Act, 1949

(1) This Act may be called the Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Act, 1949. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) It shall come into force at once.

If on an application made by the Advocate-General, the High Court is satisfied that any person has habitually and without any reasonable ground instituted for vexatious proceedings, civil or criminal, in any Court or Courts, the High Court may, after giving that person an opportunity of being heard, order that no proceedings, without the leave of the High Court, shall be instituted by him in any Court - (i) in the Presidency-town without the leave of the High Court; and (ii) elsewhere, without the leave of the District and Sessions Judge.