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 |
