High Courts in India

According to Article 214 of the Constitution of India, each state of India shall have a High Court. However, Article 231 (7th Amendment Act, 1956) also mentions that there can be a common High Court for two or more states or for two or more states and a Union territory.

Important Facts

» 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 and Andhra Pradesh High Court, both established in the year 2019.

» The states of Punjab and Haryana have a common High Court in Chandigarh.

» The North-Eastern states (Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh) share the same High Court in Guwahati.

List of High Courts in India, their Jurisdiction, Seats and Bench

• Kolkata

  1862

  Jurisdiction
  West Bengal
  Andaman & Nicobar islands

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Kolkata
  Bench: Port Blair

• Bombay

  1862

  Jurisdiction
  Maharashtra
  Dadra & Nagar Haveli
  Goa
  Daman and Diu

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Mumbai
  Bench: Panaji, Aurangabad, and Nagpur

• Madras

  1862

  Jurisdiction
  Tamil Nadu
  Pondicherry

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Chennai
  Bench: Madurai

• Allahabad

  1866

  Jurisdiction
  Uttar Pradesh

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Allahabad
  Bench: Lucknow

• Karnataka

  1884

  Jurisdiction
  Karnataka

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Bengaluru
  Bench: Dharwad and Gulbarga

• Patna

  1916

  Jurisdiction
  Bihar

  Seat & Bench
  Patna

• Jammu & Kashmir

  1928

  Jurisdiction
  Jammu & Kashmir

  Seat & Bench
  Srinagar and Jammu

• Guwahati

  1948

  Jurisdiction
  Assam
  Nagaland
  Mizoram
  Arunachal Pradesh

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Guwahati
  Bench: Kohima, Aizawl, and Itanagar

• Odisha

  1949

  Jurisdiction
  Odisha

  Seat & Bench
  Cuttack

• Rajasthan

  1949

  Jurisdiction
  Rajasthan

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Jodhpur
  Bench: Jaipur

• Madhya Pradesh

  1956

  Jurisdiction
  Madhya Pradesh

  Seat & Bench
  Seat: Jabalpur
  Bench: Gwalior and Indore

• Kerala

  1958

  Jurisdiction
  Kerala & Lakshadweep

  Seat & Bench
  Ernakulam

• Gujarat

  1960

  Jurisdiction
  Gujarat

  Seat & Bench
  Ahmedabad

• Delhi

  1966

  Jurisdiction
  Delhi

  Seat & Bench
  Delhi

• Himachal Pradesh

  1971

  Jurisdiction
  Himachal Pradesh

  Seat & Bench
  Shimla

• Punjab & Haryana

  1975

  Jurisdiction
  Punjab
  Haryana & Chandigarh

  Seat & Bench
  Chandigarh

• Sikkim

  1975

  Jurisdiction
  Sikkim

  Seat & Bench
  Gangtok

• Chattisgarh

  2000

  Jurisdiction
  Chattisgarh

  Seat & Bench
  Bilaspur

• Uttarakhand

  2000

  Jurisdiction
  Uttarakhand

  Seat & Bench
  Nainital

• Jharkhand

  2000

  Jurisdiction
  Jharkhand

  Seat & Bench
  Ranchi

• Tripura

  2013

  Jurisdiction
  Tripura

  Seat & Bench
  Agartala

• Manipur

  2013

  Jurisdiction
  Manipur

  Seat & Bench
  Imphal

• Meghalaya

  2013

  Jurisdiction
  Meghalaya

  Seat & Bench
  Shillong

• Telangana

  2019

  Jurisdiction
  Telangana

  Seat & Bench
  Hyderabad

• Andhra Pradesh

  2019

  Jurisdiction
  Andhra Pradesh

  Seat & Bench
  Amravati

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