High Courts

High Court Of Kerala

High Court of Kerala came into being from 1st November 1956, with its seat at Ernakulam. Its roots go back to the Rulers of Travancore-Cochin, to Colonel Munro - the British Resident and Diwan in the Travancore State and the political agent in Cochin State- the architect of the well regulated judicial system in both these native states...

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High Court Of Karnataka

The Karnataka High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. The High Court functions out of a red brick building known as Attara Kacheri. It is in front of Vidhana Soudha, which is the seat of the legislature of Karnataka.

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High Court Of Mumbai

The Bombay High Court is one of the oldest and chartered High Courts in the Country. It has Appellate Jurisdiction over the State of Maharashtra, Goa , Daman & Diu. In addition to Bombay Bench it has benches at Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji(Goa). In Bombay it has Original Jurisdiction in addition to Appellate. The Bombay High Court has sanctioned strength of 75 judges.

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High Court Of Tamilnadu

The High Court of Judicature at Madras, one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters Patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26th June 1862, is the highest Court in the State of Tamil Nadu, exercising Original Jurisdiction over the City of Madras..

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Indian High Courts

India's unitary judicial system is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the national level, for the entire country and the 21 High Courts at the State level. These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories. Below the High Courts are a hierarchy of subordinate courts such as the civil courts, family courts, criminal courts and various other district courts. High Courts are instituted as constitutional courts under Part VI, Chapter V, Article 214 of the Indian Constitution.
High CourtEstablishedJurisdicationJudges
Allahabad 11-06-1866 Uttar Pradesh 95
Andhra Pradesh 05-07-1954 Andhra Pradesh 39
Bombay 14-08-1862 Maharashtra, Goa,Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu 60
Calcutta 02-07-1862 West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 63
Chhattisgarh 11-02-2000 Chhattisgarh 12
Delhi 31-10-1966 National Capital Territory of Delhi 36
Gauhati 01-03-1948 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram 27
Gujarat 01-05-1960 Gujarat 42
Himachal Pradesh 1971 Himachal Pradesh 9
Jammu and Kashmir 28.08.1943 Jammu & Kashmir 14
Jharkhand 2000 Jharkhand 12
Karnataka 1884 Karnataka 40
Kerala 1956 Kerala, Lakshadweep 40
Madhya Pradesh 02-01-1936 Madhya Pradesh 42
Madras 15-081862 Tamil Nadu, Puducherry 47
Orissa 03-04-1948 Orissa 27
Patna 02-09-1916 Patna 43
Panjab & Hariyana 08-11-1947 Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh 53
Rajasthan 21-06-1949 Rajashan 40
Sikkim 1975 Sikkim 3
Uttarakhand 2000 Uttarakhand 9