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GENERAL STUDIES INDIAN CONSTITUTION

In present time in India, total number of High Courts are 24.

HIGH COURT OF INDIA

S.No

Court Name

Established

Established Act

Jurisdiction

Seat

West Bengal & AndamanNicobar

Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra,
and Nagar Haveli, Daman
and Diu

Kolkata

1.

Kolkata High Court

2 July, 1862

Indian High Court Act, 1861

2.

Bombay High Court

14 August, 1862

Indian High Court Act, 1861

3.

Madras High Court

15 August, 1862

Indian High Court Act, 1861

Tamil Nadu and

Puducherry

Chennai

4.

Allahabad High Court

11 June, 1866

Indian High Court Act, 1861

Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad

5.

Karnataka High Court

1884

Mysore High Court Act, 1884

Karnataka

Bengaluru

6.

Patna High Court

2 September, 1916

Government of India Act, 1915

Bihar

Patna

7.

Punjab & Haryana High

Court

21 march, 1919

High Court (Panjab) Order, 1947

Punjab, Haryana and

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

8.

Madhya Pradesh High Court

2 January, 1936

Government of India Act, 1935

Madhya Pradesh

Jabalpur

9.

Jammu and Kashmir High

Court

28 August, 1943

Letters Patent issued by Maharaja

of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar

10.

Guahati High Court

1 March, 1948

Government of India Act 1935

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,

Nagaland and Mizoram

Guwahati

11.

Odisha High Court

3 April, 1948

Orissa High court Order, 1948

Odisha

Cuttack

12.

Rajasthan High Court

21 June, 1949

Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan

Jodhpur

13.

Hyderabad High Court

5 July, 1954

Andhra State Act, 1953

Andhra Pradesh and

Telangana

Hyderabad

14.

Kerala High Court

1956

State Reorganization Act, 1956

Kerala and Lakshadweep

Cochin

15.

Gujarat High Court

1 May, 1960

Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960

Gujrat

Ahmadabad

16.

Delhi High Court

31 October, 1960

Delhi High Court act, 1966

National Capital Territory

of Delhi

New Delhi

17.

Himanchal Pradesh High

Court

1971

State of Himachal Pradesh Act,

1970

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

18.

Sikkim High Court

16 May, 1975

36th Constitutional Amendment

Sikkim

Gangtok

19.

Chhattisgarh High Court

1 November, 2000

Madhya Pradesh Reorganization

Act, 2000

Chhattisgarh

Bilaspur

20.

Uttarakhand High Court

9 November, 2000

Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act,

2000

Uttarakhand

Nainital

21.

Jharkhand High Court

15 November, 2000

Bihar Reorganization Act, 2000

Jharkhand

Ranchi

22.

Manipur High Court

25 March, 2013

Manipur

Imphal

23.

Meghalaya High Court

25 March, 2013

North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganization) and Other Related
Law (Amendment) Act, 2012
Same as above

Meghalaya

Shillong

24.

Tripura High Court

26 March, 2013

Same as above

Tripura

Agartala

Date of Release - 25-MAR-16

SUBJECT: GS

Mumbai

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