High Courts In India

High Courts in India

 A high court is a supreme or highest judicial body in a state.

 As per Article 214, each state in India is supposed to have a High Court. Furthermore, as par Article 231, two or more state can have one or common high court. For example, Bombay High Court exercises its jurisdiction over Maharashtra, Dada and Nagar Haveli, Goa, etc. 

 The high court comprises a Chief Justice and other judges that are appointed by the President of the India. To appoint the chief justice of the high court of a state, the president of India is required to consult the Governor of that State and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The number of judges in a high court depends on the requirement and thus varies from court to court and state to state. 


List of high Courts in India

S. NO.	NAME OF HIGH COURT	LOCATION	YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT
1.	Bombay High Court	Mumbai	14 August 1862
2.	Kolkata High Court	Kolkata	01 July 1862
3.	Madras High Court	Chennai	1862
4.	Allahabad High Court	Prayagraj	17 March 1866
5.	Karnataka High Court	Bangalore	1884
6.	Patna High Court	Bihar	09 February 1916
7.	Jammu & Kashmir High Court	Ladakh	26 March 1928
8.	Punjab & Haryana	Sector 1 of Chandigarh	01 November 1966
9.	Guwahati High Court	Assam	5 April 1948
10.	Odisha High Court	Odisha	26 July 1948
11.	Rajasthan High Court	Rajasthan	29 August 1949
12.	Madhya Pradesh High Court	Jabalpur	1956
13.	Kerala High Court	Kerala	01 November 1956
14.	Gujarat High Court	Sola, Ahemdabad	01 May 1960
15.	Delhi High Court	New Delhi	31 October 1966
16.	Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh	25 January 1971
17.	Sikkim	Sikkim	1975
18.	Chattisgarh	Bilaspur	01 November 2000
19.	Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand	09 November 2000
20.	Jharkhand	Doranda, Ranchi	2000
21.	Tripura	Tripura	23 March 2013
22.	Manipur	Mantripukhri, Imphal	25 March 2013
23.	Meghalaya	Shillong	March 2013
24.	Telangana	Telangana	01 January 2019
25.	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh	01 January 2019