There are 24 High Courts in India. Among them, three have control over more than one State. Among the Union Territories Delhi has a High Court of its own. Each High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and other judges both appointed by the President of India. Under Article 141, all courts in India — including high courts — are bound by the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court of India by precedence. There is no fixed minimum number of judges for the High Courts, it varies from Court to Court. While the Madras High Court has 75 judges, the Meghalaya High Court has only 03. The constitution does not specify the strength of a high court and leaves it to the discretion of the President. Here we are bringing you the list of High Courts in India and all important facts about them.
Facts about the Judges of the High Courts
- The Judges of a High Court are appointed by the President.
- The Chief Justice is appointed by the President after the consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the concerned state.
- A person to be appointed as the High Court Judge, he/she should have held a judicial office or should have been a high court advocate for ten years.
- There is no minimum age for the appointment of the High Court Judges,
- The constitution has not fixed the tenure of a judge of a high court,
- A judge can be removed from his/her office by an order of the President.
- The Jurisdiction and powers of the High Court are Original Jurisdictions, Writ Jurisdiction, Appellate Jurisdiction, Supervisory Jurisdiction, Control over Subordinate courts, A court of record, Power of Judicial Review.
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List of High Courts in India
The institution of the High Court started in India when the high courts were set up in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras in 1862. The Allahabad High Court was established in 1866.
| Year of Establishment | Name | Territorial Jurisdiction | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1862 |
Bombay |
MaharashtraDadra & Nagar Haveli
Goa Daman Diu |
Mumbai(Benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad) |
| Calcutta | West BengalAndaman & Nicobar islands | Kolkata (Circuit Bench at Port Blair) | |
| Madras | Tamil NaduPondicherry | Chennai | |
| 1866 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) |
| 1875 | Punjab & Haryana | Punjab
Haryana Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
| 1884 | Karnataka | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 1916 | Patna | Bihar | Patna |
| 1928 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar and Jammu |
|
1948 |
Guwahati |
AssamNagaland
Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh |
Guwahati(Benches at Kohima, Aizwal, and Itanagar) |
| 1948 | Orissa | Odisha | Cuttack |
| 1949 | Rajasthan | Rajasthan | Jodhpur(Bench at Jaipur) |
| 1954 | Hyderabad | Telangana(erstwhile Unified Andra Pradesh) | Hyderabad |
| 1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur (Benches at Gwalior and Indore) |
| 1958 | Kerala | Kerala & Lakshadweep | Ernakulam |
| 1960 | Gujarat | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| 1966 | Delhi | Delhi | Delhi |
| 1975 | Sikkim | Sikkim | Gangtok |
(source: Indian Polity, M. Laxmikant)
| Year of Establishment | Name of the High Court | Territorial Jurisdiction | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2000 |
Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
| Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand | Nainital | |
| Jharkhand | Jharkhand | Ranchi | |
|
2013 |
Tripura | Tripura | Agartala |
| Manipur | Manipur | Imphal | |
| Meghalaya | Meghalaya | Shillong | |
| 2019 | Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | Amravati |
(source: Indian Polity, M. Laxmikant)
High Courts in India
- Delhi is the only Union Territory that has a High Court of its own. All other UT’s fall under the jurisdiction of different State High Courts
- Though Orissa is renamed as Odisha the name of the High Court is not changed, it is still Orissa High Court.
- Guwahati High Court is originally known as Assam High Court and renamed in 1971.
- Karnataka Highcourt was originally known as Mysore High Court.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court were originally known as Punjab High Court and renamed in 1966.
- Though Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras have renamed after the Independence the High Courts names are not changed.
- The Andra Pradesh High Court was renamed as the Hyderabad High Court by the Andra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014.
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