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    High Courts in India


    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 by 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 of High Courts for all states and union
    territories with established year is given below:

    List of High Courts in India

    Territorial
    Name Year Seat
    Jurisdiction

    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, Aura
    Chennai 1862 Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry Chennai (Bench at Madurai)

    Allahabad 1866 Utter Pradesh Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow)

    Karnataka 1884 Karnataka Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad


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    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, A

    Orissa 1948 Orissa Cuttack

    Rajasthan 1949 Rajasthan Jodhpur ( Bench – Jaipur)

    Madhya Pradesh 1956 Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur (Bench –Indore , Gwa

    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

    Appointment of the Judges


    The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by the President with the consultation of the Chief
    Justice of the Supreme Court and the Governor of the State.

    The other judges are appointed by the will of the President, Governor and the Chief Justice of the
    High Court.

    Qualifications for the Judges


    He should be a citizen of India.

    He should have been an advocate in one or more High Courts in India or a judge for at least 10 years
    in subordinate courts in India.
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    Tenure:
    Originally the age of the retirement of the judges of the High Courts was fixed at 60 but it was raised
    to 62 in 1963 according to the 15th amendment of the Constitution.

    Removal of the Judges


    A judge may leave his office by resigning. He will send his letter of resignation to the President.

    His office would be considered to have been vacated if he is appointed as a judge of the Supreme
    Court or is transferred to some other High Court.

    A judge of a High Court may also be removed like a judge of the Supreme Court. A judge of the High
    Court may be removed by the President of the Parliament passes a motion against him by an absolute
    majority and 2/3rd majority of the members present and voting, both Houses sitting separately.

    Salary of High Court Judge


    The pay of the Chief Justice of a High Court is rupees 280,000/- per month and that of the other
    judges is rupees 250,000/- per month.

    Powers and Functions of the High Court


    High Court has the following jurisdiction and powers:

    1) Power to issue certain writs:-Every High Court has the power to issue writs of habeus corpus,
    mandamus, prohibition, quo-warranto and certiorari for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights or
    for other purpose.

    2) Power of Superintendence: Every High Court has superintendence over all Courts and Tribunals
    throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction.

    3) Power to transfer case: If the High Court is satisfied that a case pending in a court subordinate to
    it involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution, the
    determination of which is necessary for the disposal of the case, it shall withdraw the case and may-

    either dispose of the case itself; or

    determine the said question of law and return the case to the court from which the case has been so
    withdrawn together with a copy of its judgement on such question, and the said court shall on receipt
    thereof proceed to dispose of the case in conformity with such judgement.

    4) Consultation in the appointment and posting etc. of District Judges: The High Court is consulted
    by the Governor in the appointment, posting and promotion of District Judges. It is also consulted in
    the appointment of other members of the State Judicial Service.

    5) Control over subordinate courts: The control over district court and courts subordinate thereto
    including the posting and promotion of and the grant of leave to persons belonging to the judicial
    service
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    6) Other original and appellate powers: Hight Court has original and appellate jurisdiction in civil
    and criminal matters as conferred by the Codes of Civil and Criminal Procedure and the Letters of
    Patent.

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