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List of High Courts of India

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There are 24 High Courts at the state and union territory level of India which, together with the Supreme Court of India at the national level, comprise the country's judicial system. Each High Court has jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories. Below the High Courts is a hierarchy of subordinate courts such as the civil courts, family courts, criminal courts and various other district courts. High Courts are instituted as constitutional courts under Part VI, Chapter V, Article 214 of the Indian Constitution.[1] The High Courts are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in each state and union territory. However, a High Court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of pecuniary, territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters if so designated specifically in a state or federal law. However, the work of most High Courts primarily consists of appeals from lower courts and writ petitions in terms of Article 226 of the constitution. Writ jurisdiction is also original jurisdiction of High Court. The precise territorial jurisdiction of each High Court varies. The appeal order is the following: tehsil-kotwali-criminal/civil courts - district - high court - supreme court. Each state is divided into judicial districts presided over by a 'District and Sessions Judge'. He is known as a District Judge when he presides over a civil case, and a Sessions Judge when he presides over a criminal case. He is the highest judicial authority below a High Court judge. Below him, there are courts of civil jurisdiction, known by different names in different states. Under Article 141 of the Constitution of India, all courts in India (which includes High courts) are bound by the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court of India by precedence. Judges in a High Court are appointed by the President of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the governor of the state. High Courts are headed by a Chief Justice. The Chief Justices are ranked #14 (in their state) and #17 (outside their state) in the Indian order of precedence. The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that High Court, whichever is higher. The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in the country, established on 2 July 1862. High Courts that handle a large number of cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits. Smaller states with few cases may have circuit benches established. Circuit benches (known as circuit courts in some parts of the world) are temporary courts which hold proceedings for a few selected months in a year. Thus cases built up during this interim period are judged when the circuit court is in session.

Contents
1 High Courts 2 High Courts by state/ union territory 3 Courts under High Court 4 Notes and Citations 5 References

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High Courts
The Madras High Court in Chennai, Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Calcutta High Court in Kolkatta and Allahabad High Court in Allahabad are the first four High Courts in India. The following are the 24 High Courts of India sorted by name, year established, Act by which it was established, jurisdiction, headquarters, benches, and the maximum number of judges sanctioned.
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai, one of the first four High Courts of India.

Calcutta High Court, one of the first four High Courts of India.

The Allahabad High Court in Allahabad, one of the first four High Courts of India.

The Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru.

The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad.

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court in Hyderabad.

A working day view of Kerala High Court Court name Established Act established Jurisdiction Allahabad High Court[2] Andhra Pradesh High Court Bombay High Court Seat Benches Jud. Lucknow 95 Chief Justice Hon'ble Justice Dhananjay Y. Chandrachud Hon'ble Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta Hon'ble Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar Mishra Hon'ble Justice Yatindra Singh Hon'ble Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed (acting) Hon'ble Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre
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1866-06-11 High Courts Act, Uttar Pradesh Allahabad 1861

1954-07-05 Andhra State Act, 1953

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad

39

1862-08-14 High Courts Act, Maharashtra, Mumbai 1861 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu 1 July 1862 High Courts Act, West Bengal, Kolkata Calcutta 1861 Andaman and High Court Nicobar Islands Chhattisgarh 2000-01-11 Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Re-organisation High Court Act, 2000 Delhi High Court[3] 1966-10-31 Delhi High National New Delhi Court Act, 1966 Capital Territory of Delhi 1948-03-01 Government of Arunachal India Act, 1935 Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram

Nagpur, 60 Panaji, Aurangabad

Port Blair (circuit bench)

63

12

43

Gauhati High Court[4]

Guwahati Kohima, Aizwal, Itanagar

27

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Gujarat Gujarat High 1960-05-01 Bombay Reorgansisation Court Act, 1960 Himachal Pradesh High Court 1971 State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 Himachal Pradesh

Ahmedabad

42

Shimla

09

Jammu and 1943-08-28 Letters Patent Jammu & issued by the Kashmir Kashmir Maharaja of High Court Kashmir Jharkhand Jharkhand 2000-11-15 Bihar Reorganisation High Court Act, 2000 Karnataka High Court[6] Kerala High 1956 Court[7] States Kerala, Reorganisation Lakshadweep Act, 1956 1884 Mysore High Karnataka Court Act, 1884

Srinagar & Jammu[5] Ranchi

14

12

Bengaluru Circuit 40 Benches at HubliDharwad & Gulbarga Kochi 40

Hon'ble Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya Hon'ble Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir (acting) Hon'ble Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar Hon'ble Justice Smt. R. Banumathi Hon'ble Chief Justice D.H.Waghela

1936-01-02 Government of Madhya Jabalpur Madhya India Act, 1935 Pradesh Pradesh High Court[8] Madras High 1862-08-15 High Courts Act, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 1861 Puducherry Court

Gwalior, Indore

42

Hon'ble Justice Smt. Manjula Chellur Hon'ble Justice Ajay M. Khanwilkar Hon'ble Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri (acting) Hon'ble Justice L.K. Mohapatra (acting)

Madurai

47

Manipur High Court

2013-03-25 North-Eastern Manipur, Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012

Imphal

2013-03-25 North-Eastern Meghalaya, Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 Odisha Orissa High 1948-04-03 Orissa High Court Order, Court 1948 Meghalaya High Court Patna High 1916-09-02 Government of Bihar

Shillong

Hon'ble Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant

Cuttack

27

Patna

43

Hon'ble Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Hon'ble

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India Act, 1915

Punjab and Haryana High Court[9] Rajasthan High Court

1947-11-08 High Court Punjab, (Punjab) Order, Haryana, 1947 Chandigarh

Chandigarh

53

Justice Ms. Justice Rekha M. Doshit Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Hon'ble Justice Amitava Roy Hon'ble Justice Narendra Kumar Jain Hon'ble Justice Deepak Gupta

1949-06-21 Rajasthan High Rajasthan Court Ordinance, 1949 1975 The 38th Sikkim Sikkim High amendment to Court the Constitution of India 2013-03-26 North-Eastern Tripura Tripura High Areas Court (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 Uttarakhand 2000-11-09 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Reorganisation High Court Act, 2000

Jodhpur

Jaipur

40

Gangtok

03

Agartala

04

Nainital

09

Hon'ble Justice Barin Ghosh

High Courts by state/ union territory

State or UT Andaman and Nicobar Islands Arunachal Pradesh Court Calcutta High Court Principal Seat/(Bench having jurisdiction of the State) Kolkata (Circuit Bench at Port Blair)

Gauhati High Guwahati (Bench at Itanagar) Court Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh High Court Gauhati High Guwahati Assam Court Patna High Court Patna Bihar Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Chhattisgarh High Court Punjab and Chandigarh Haryana High Chandigarh Court Dadra and Nagar Bombay High Mumbai Court Haveli Daman and Diu Bombay High Court Mumbai

National Capital Delhi High Court New Delhi Territory of Delhi Bombay High Mumbai (Bench at Panaji) Goa Court
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Gujarat High Ahmedabad Court Punjab and Haryana Haryana High Chandigarh Court Himachal Himachal Pradesh Pradesh High Shimla Court Jammu and Jammu and Kashmir High Srinagar/Jammu Kashmir Court Jharkhand High Ranchi Jharkhand Court Karnataka High Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad Karnataka Court and Gulbarga) Kerala High Kochi Kerala Court Kerala High Kochi Lakshadweep Court Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur (Bench at Gwalior and Madhya Pradesh High Court Indore) Bombay High Mumbai (Bench at Aurangabad Maharashtra Court and Nagpur) Manipur High Imphal Manipur Court Meghalaya High Shillong Meghalaya Court Gauhati High Guwahati (Bench at Aizawl) Mizoram Court Gauhati High Guwahati (Bench at Kohima) Nagaland Court Orissa High Cuttack Odisha Court Madras High Chennai Puducherry Court Punjab and Punjab Haryana High Chandigarh Court Rajasthan High Jodhpur (Bench at Jaipur) Rajasthan Court Sikkim High Gangtok Sikkim Court Madras High Chennai (Bench at Madurai) Tamil Nadu Court Tripura High Agartala Tripura Court Uttarakhand High Nainital Uttarakhand Court Allahabad High Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) Uttar Pradesh Court Calcutta High Kolkata West Bengal Court Gujarat
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