KNC501/KNC601 Constitution of India, Law and Engineering
Chapter 9: The Court System in India and Foreign Courtiers
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Appendix
High Courts
- The High Court of a State is the highest court of the State and all other courts of the State work under it.
- Normally there is one High Court in every State but there can be only one High Court for two or more States as well (Article 231), according to the constitution.
- There are 25 High Courts in India.
- The Calcutta High Court, established in 1862, is the oldest High Court in India. The Bombay and Madras High Courts were also established in the same year.
- The newest High Courts are the Telangana Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court, both established in the year 2019.
- In every High Court, there is a Chief Justice and many other judges whose number is defined by the President of India.
- The Bombay, Madras and Calcutta High Courts are the three Chartered High Courts in India
- The Madras Law Journal, published from the Madras High Court, was the first journal in India dedicated to reporting judgements of a Court (1891).
Total High Courts in India:
The total number of high courts in India is 25. The list High Courts for all states and union territories with established year is given below:
List of High Courts in India | |||
Name | Year | Territorial | Seat |
Kolkata | 1862 | West Bengal, Andman & Nicobar Islands | Kolkata ( Bench of port Blair) |
Bombay | 1862 | Maharastra, Dadar, & Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman Diu | Mumbai (Bench at Panaji, Aurangabad and Nagpur) |
Chennai | 1862 | Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry | Chennai (Bench at Madurai) |
Allahabad | 1866 | Utter Pradesh | Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) |
Karnataka | 1884 | Karnataka | Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga) |
Patna | 1916 | Bihar | Patna |
Jammu & Kashmir | 1928 | Jammu & Kashmir | Sri Nagar & Jammu |
Punjab & Haryana | 1947 | Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Guwahati | 1948 | Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati (Bench at Kohima, Aizawl and Itanagar |
Orissa | 1948 | Orissa | Cuttack |
Rajasthan | 1949 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur ( Bench – Jaipur) |
Madhya Pradesh | 1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur (Bench –Indore , Gwalior) |
Kerala | 1958 | Kerala & Lakshadweep | Ernakulam |
Gujarat | 1960 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
Delhi | 1966 | Delhi | Delhi |
Himachal Pradesh | 1966 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
Sikkim | 1975 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
Chhattisgarh | 2000 | Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
Uttarakhand | 2000 | Uttarakhand | Nainital |
Jharkhand | 2000 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
Tripura | 2013 | Tripura | Agartala |
Manipur | 2013 | Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | 2013 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
Andhra Pradesh | 2019 | Andhra Pradesh | Amravati |
Telangana | 2019 | Telangana | Hyderabad |