High Courts[edit]

The Madras High Court in Chennai, Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Calcutta
High Court in Kolkata and Allahabad High Court in Allahabad are the oldest four
High Courts in India.
The following are the 24 High Courts of India sorted by name, year established,
Act by which it was established, jurisdiction, headquarters, benches, the
maximum number of judges sanctioned and the presiding Chief Justice of the
High Court.
Estab Act
Court
lishe establi
Jurisdiction
name
d
shed
Allaha 11
Indian Uttar Pradesh
bad
June High
High 1866 Courts
Court[2
Act
]
1861
Bomb
ay
High
Court

14
Augu
st
1862

Calcut 2 July
ta
1862
High
Court
Chhatt 1
isgarh Nove
High mber
Court 2000

Delhi 31
High Octob
Court[3 er
]
1966

Ju
Chief
Seat
Benches dg
Justice
es
Allahaba Lucknow
95 Hon'ble
d
JusticeD
hananjay
a Y.
Chandrac
hud
Indian Maharashtra,Goa Mumbai Aurangabad, 60 Hon'ble
High
, Dadra and
Nagpur,Pana
JusticeM
Courts Nagar
ji
ohit
Act
Haveli,Daman
Shantilal
1861
and Diu
Shah
Indian West
Kolkata Port Blair
63 Hon'ble
High
Bengal,Andaman
JusticeM
Courts and Nicobar
anjula
Act
Islands
Chellur
1861
Madhya Chhattisgarh
Bilaspur
12 Hon'ble
Prades
JusticeN
h
avin
Reorga
Sinha(Act
nisation
ing)
Act,
2000
Delhi
National Capital New
43 Hon'ble
High
Territory of Delhi Delhi
JusticeG.
Court
Rohini
Act,
1966

Gauha 1
Govern Arunachal
ti High March ment of Pradesh,Assam,
Court[4 1948 India
Nagaland,Mizora
]
Act,
m
1935
Gujara 1 May Bombay Gujarat
t High 1960 Reorga
Court
nsisatio
n Act,
1960
High 5 July Andhra Andhra
Court 1954 State
Pradesh,Telanga
of
Act,
na
Judica
1953
ture at
Hyder
abad[5]
Himac 1971 State of Himachal
hal
Himach Pradesh
Prade
al
sh
Prades
High
h Act,
Court
1970
Jamm 28
Letters Jammu and
u and Augu Patent Kashmir
Kash st
issued
mir
1943 by
High
thenMa
Court
haraja
of
Kashmir
Jhark 15
Bihar
Jharkhand
hand Nove Reorga
High mber nisation
Court 2000 Act,
2000
Karnat 1884 Mysore Karnataka
aka
High
High
Court
Court[7
Act,
]
1884

Guwaha Aizwal,Itanag 27 Hon'ble

ti
ar,Kohima
Justice K.
Sreedhar
Rao(Acti
ng)
Ahmeda
42 Hon'ble
bad
JusticeJa
yant .M.
Patel(Acti
ng)
Hyderab
49 Hon'ble
ad
JusticeDil
ip
Babasah
eb
Bhosale (
Acting)
Shimla
09 Hon'ble
JusticeM
ansoor
Ahmad
Mir
Srinagar
/Jammu[6
]

Ranchi

14 Hon'ble
JusticeN.
Paul
Vasantha
kumar

12 Hon'ble
JusticeVir
ender
Singh

Bengalu Dharwad,Gul 40 Hon'ble

ru
barga
JusticeSu
bhro
Kamal
Mukherg
ee(Acting
)
Kerala 1956 States Kerala,Lakshadw Kochi
40 Hon'ble
High
Reorga eep
JusticeAs

Court[8

nisation
Act,
1956
Madhy 2
Govern Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Gwalior,Indor 42
a
Janua ment of
e
Prade ry
India
sh
1936 Act,
High
1935
Court[9
]

hok
Bhushan(
Acting)
Hon'ble
JusticeAj
ay M.
Khanwilk
ar

Madra 15
s High Augu
Court st
1862

Indian Tamil
High
Nadu,Puducherry
Courts
Act
1861
Manip 25
North- Manipur,
ur
March Eastern
High 2013 Areas
Court
(Reorga
nisation
) and
Other
Related
Laws
(Amend
ment)
Act,
2012
Megha 25
North- Meghalaya,
laya March Eastern
High 2013 Areas
Court
(Reorga
nisation
) and
Other
Related
Laws
(Amend
ment)
Act,
2012
Orissa 3 April Orissa Odisha
High 1948 High
Court
Court
Order,
1948

Chennai Madurai

Imphal

42 Hon'ble
JusticeSa
njay
Kishan
Kaul[10]
03 Hon'ble
Justice L.
K.
Mohapatr
a

Shillong

03 Hon'ble
JusticeU
ma Nath
Singh

Cuttack

27 Hon'ble
JusticeD.
H.
Waghela

Patna 2
High Septe
Court mber
1916

Govern Bihar
Patna
ment of
India
Act,
1915
Punja 21
High
Punjab,Haryana, Chandig
b and March Court Chandigarh
arh
Harya 1919 (Punjab
na
) Order,
High
1947
Court[1

43 Hon'ble
JusticeIq
bal
Ahmed
Ansari
53 Hon'ble
JusticeSh
iavax Jal
Vazifdar (
Acting)

1]

Rajast 21
han
June
High 1949
Court

Jodhpur Jaipur

40 Hon'ble
JusticeAji
t
Singh (Ac
ting)

Sikki
m
High
Court

Gangtok

03 Hon'ble
JusticeSu
nil Kumar
Sinha

Agartala

04 Hon'ble
JusticeD
eepak
Gupta

Nainital

09 Hon'ble
Justice K.
M.
Joseph

Tripur
a High
Court

Uttara
khand
High
Court

Rajasth Rajasthan
an High
Court
Ordinan
ce,
1949
16
The
Sikkim
May 36th
1975 Amend
ment to
the
Indian
Constitu
tion
26
North- Tripura
March Eastern
2013 Areas
(Reorga
nisation
) and
Other
Related
Laws
(Amend
ment)
Act,
2012
9
Uttar
Uttarakhand
Nove Prades
mber h
2000 Reorga
nisation
Act,
2000

High Courts by States/Union Territories[edit]

The Bombay High Court in Mumbai, one of the first four High Courts of India

The Calcutta High Court in Kolkata, one of the first four High Courts of India

The Allahabad High Court in Allahabad, one of the first four High Courts of India

The Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru

The Gujarat High Courtin Ahmedabad

The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabadin Hyderabad

A working day view of The Kerala High Court inKochi

State or
UT

Principal Seat/
(Bench having
Court
jurisdiction of the
State)

Andaman
Calcutta
and
High
Nicobar
Court
Islands
Gauhati
Arunacha
High
l Pradesh
Court
High
Court of
Andhra Judicatu
Pradesh re at
Hyderab
ad
Gauhati
Assam
High
Court
Patna
Bihar
High
Court
Chhattis
Chhattisg garh
arh
High
Court
Punjab
and
Chandiga
Haryana
rh
High
Court
Dadra
Bombay
and
High
Nagar
Court
Haveli
Bombay
Daman
High
and Diu
Court
National
Delhi
Capital
High
Territory
Court
of Delhi

Kolkata (Bench
at Port Blair)
Guwahati (Bench
atItanagar)

Hyderabad

Guwahati
Patna

Bilaspur

Chandigarh

Mumbai

Mumbai

New Delhi

Bombay
Mumbai (Bench
High
at Panaji)
Court
Gujarat
Gujarat High
Ahmedabad
Court
Punjab
and
Haryana Haryana Chandigarh
High
Court
Himach
al
Himachal
Pradesh Shimla
Pradesh
High
Court
Jammu
Jammu and
and
Kashmir Srinagar/Jammu
Kashmir High
Court
Jharkha
Jharkhan
nd High Ranchi
d
Court
Karnata Bengaluru (Bench
Karnatak
ka High atDharwad and Gu
a
Court
lbarga)
Kerala
Kerala
High
Kochi
Court
Kerala
Lakshad
High
Kochi
weep
Court
Madhya
Jabalpur (Bench
Madhya Pradesh
atGwalior and Indo
Pradesh High
re)
Court
Bombay Mumbai (Bench
Maharas
High
atAurangabad and
htra
Court
Nagpur)
Manipur
Manipur High
Imphal
Court
Meghalay Meghala Shillong
a
ya High
Goa

Court
Gauhati
Guwahati (Bench
Mizoram High
atAizawl)
Court
Gauhati
Guwahati (Bench
Nagaland High
atKohima)
Court
Orissa
Odisha High
Cuttack
Court
Madras
Puducher
High
Chennai
ry
Court
Punjab
and
Punjab Haryana Chandigarh
High
Court
Rajasth
Rajastha
Jodhpur (Bench
an High
n
at Jaipur)
Court
Sikkim
Sikkim
High
Gangtok
Court
Madras
Tamil
Chennai (Bench
High
Nadu
atMadurai)
Court
High
Court of
Telangan Judicatu
Hyderabad
a
re at
Hyderab
ad
Tripura
Tripura High
Agartala
Court
Uttarakh
Uttarakha and
Nainital
nd
High
Court
Allahaba
Uttar
Allahabad (Bench
d High
Pradesh
atLucknow)
Court
West
Calcutta Kolkata
Bengal High

Court