Friday 1 January 2016

Indian High Courts

Indian High Courts


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.


Court nameEstablishedAct establishedJurisdictionSeatBenchesJudgesChief Justice
Allahabad High Court11 June 1866Indian High Courts Act 1861Uttar PradeshAllahabadLucknow95Hon'ble JusticeDhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Bombay High Court14 August 1862Indian High Courts Act 1861Maharashtra,Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli,Daman and DiuMumbaiAurangabad,Nagpur,Panaji60Hon'ble Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah
Calcutta High Court2 July 1862Indian High Courts Act 1861West Bengal,Andaman and Nicobar IslandsKolkataPort Blair63Hon'ble Justice Manjula Chellur
Chhattisgarh High Court1 November 2000Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000ChhattisgarhBilaspur12Hon'ble Justice Navin Sinha (Acting)
Delhi High Court31 October 1966Delhi High Court Act, 1966National Capital Territory of DelhiNew Delhi43Hon'ble Justice G. Rohini
Gauhati High Court1 March 1948Government of India Act, 1935Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Nagaland,MizoramGuwahatiAizwal,Itanagar,Kohima27Hon'ble Justice K. Sreedhar Rao (Acting)
Gujarat High Court1 May 1960Bombay Reorgansisation Act, 1960GujaratAhmedabad42Hon'ble Justice Jayant .M. Patel (Acting)
High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad5 July 1954Andhra State Act, 1953Andhra Pradesh,TelanganaHyderabad49Hon'ble Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale(Acting)
Himachal Pradesh High Court1971State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970Himachal PradeshShimla09Hon'ble Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir
Jammu and Kashmir High Court28 August 1943Letters Patent issued by thenMaharaja of KashmirJammu and KashmirSrinagar/Jammu14Hon'ble Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar
Jharkhand High Court15 November 2000Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000JharkhandRanchi12Hon'ble Justice Virender Singh
Karnataka High Court1884Mysore High Court Act, 1884KarnatakaBengaluruDharwad,Gulbarga40Hon'ble Justice Subhro Kamal Mukhergee(Acting)
Kerala High Court1956States Reorganisation Act, 1956Kerala,LakshadweepKochi40Hon'ble Justice Ashok Bhushan (Acting)
Madhya Pradesh High Court2 January 1936Government of India Act, 1935Madhya PradeshJabalpurGwalior,Indore42Hon'ble Justice Ajay M. Khanwilkar
Madras High Court15 August 1862Indian High Courts Act 1861Tamil Nadu,PuducherryChennaiMadurai42Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul[10]
Manipur High Court25 March 2013North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012Manipur,Imphal03Hon'ble Justice L. K. Mohapatra
Meghalaya High Court25 March 2013North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012Meghalaya,Shillong03Hon'ble Justice Uma Nath Singh
Orissa High Court3 April 1948Orissa High Court Order, 1948OdishaCuttack27Hon'ble Justice D. H. Waghela
Patna High Court2 September 1916Government of India Act, 1915BiharPatna43Hon'ble Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari
Punjab and Haryana High Court21 March 1919High Court (Punjab) Order, 1947Punjab,Haryana,ChandigarhChandigarh53Hon'ble Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar (Acting)
Rajasthan High Court21 June 1949Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949RajasthanJodhpurJaipur40Hon'ble Justice Ajit Singh (Acting)
Sikkim High Court16 May 1975The 36th Amendment to the Indian ConstitutionSikkimGangtok03Hon'ble Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha
Tripura High Court26 March 2013North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012TripuraAgartala04Hon'ble Justice Deepak Gupta
Uttarakhand High Court9 November 2000Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000UttarakhandNainital09Hon'ble Justice K. M. Joseph

High Courts by States/Union TerritoriesEdit



















State or UTCourtPrincipal Seat/(Bench having jurisdiction of the State)
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsCalcutta High CourtKolkata (Bench at Port Blair)
Arunachal PradeshGauhati High CourtGuwahati (Bench at Itanagar)
Andhra PradeshHigh Court of Judicature at HyderabadHyderabad
AssamGauhati High CourtGuwahati
BiharPatna High CourtPatna
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh High CourtBilaspur
ChandigarhPunjab and Haryana High CourtChandigarh
Dadra and Nagar HaveliBombay High CourtMumbai
Daman and DiuBombay High CourtMumbai
National Capital Territory of DelhiDelhi High CourtNew Delhi
GoaBombay High CourtMumbai (Bench at Panaji)
GujaratGujarat High CourtAhmedabad
HaryanaPunjab and Haryana High CourtChandigarh
Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh High CourtShimla
Jammu and KashmirJammu and Kashmir High CourtSrinagar/Jammu
JharkhandJharkhand High CourtRanchi
KarnatakaKarnataka High CourtBengaluru (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga)
KeralaKerala High CourtKochi
LakshadweepKerala High CourtKochi
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh High CourtJabalpur (Bench at Gwalior and Indore)
MaharashtraBombay High CourtMumbai (Bench at Aurangabad and Nagpur)
ManipurManipur High CourtImphal
MeghalayaMeghalaya High CourtShillong
MizoramGauhati High CourtGuwahati (Bench at Aizawl)
NagalandGauhati High CourtGuwahati (Bench at Kohima)
OdishaOrissa High CourtCuttack
PuducherryMadras High CourtChennai
PunjabPunjab and Haryana High CourtChandigarh
RajasthanRajasthan High CourtJodhpur (Bench at Jaipur)
SikkimSikkim High CourtGangtok
Tamil NaduMadras High CourtChennai (Bench at Madurai)
TelanganaHigh Court of Judicature at HyderabadHyderabad
TripuraTripura High CourtAgartala
UttarakhandUttarakhand High CourtNainital
Uttar PradeshAllahabad High CourtAllahabad (Bench at Lucknow)
West BengalCalcutta High CourtKolkata
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