High Courts in India

Updated – as on November 24, 2019

 As of November 23, 2019, there are 25 High Courts in India.

 Article 214 states that each state shall have a High Court.
 Total number of sanctioned judges in these courts are 1079 – 771 sanctioned for
permanent Judges + 308 sanctioned for additional judges.
 Only 665 seats occupied. 414 seats vacant. (39% vacant)
 Allahabad High Court (Uttar Pradesh) has the largest sanctioned strength of 160
judges.
 Sikkim High Court has the smallest sanctioned strength of 3 judges.
 The first three High Courts in India were established in Bombay, Kolkata and Madras
in 1862. Calcutta High Court is the oldest amongst the three.
 The latest and newest High Courts in India are the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
High Court, established in 2019. The Telangana High Court is in Hyderabad. The
High in Andhra Pradesh is in Amravati. The Andhra Pradesh High Court was
established by Presidential order on the 1st of January 2019.
 Punjab and Haryana have a common High Court in Chandigarh.
 Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh share a common High Court in
Guwahati.
 India’s first Justice City – Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. - Andhra Pradesh is building a
world-class, India’s first Justice city within its capital Amaravati with a view to
providing a state of art ecosystem built on new technology for supporting the Judicial
System in the state.