List of Total Number of High Courts in India
In India, there are currently 25 high courts. A Chief Justice and any other judges chosen by the President of India make up each High Court. The Indian Constitution's Article 217 addresses the appointment of judges to the country's high courts. According to the requirement, the number of judges varies from Court to Court and from State to State. A Chief Justice and several other judges, whose numbers are set by the President of India, are present in every High Court. ...
Year | Name | Territorial Jurisdiction | Seat & Bench |
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1862 | Bombay | Maharashtra Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu Goa | Seat: Mumbai Bench: Panaji, Aurangabad, and Nagpur |
1862 | Kolkata | West Bengal Andaman & Nicobar islands | Seat: Kolkata Bench: Port Blair |
1862 | Madras | Tamil Nadu Pondicherry | Seat: Chennai Bench: Madurai |
1866 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | Seat: Allahabad Bench: Lucknow |
1884 | Karnataka | Karnataka | Seat: Bengaluru Bench: Dharwad and Gulbarga |
1916 | Patna | Bihar | Patna |
1948 | Guwahati | Assam Nagaland Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh | Seat: Guwahati Bench: Kohima, Aizawl, and Itanagar |
1949 | Odisha | Odisha | Cuttack |
1949 | Rajasthan | Rajasthan | Seat: Jodhpur Bench: Jaipur |
1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | Seat: Jabalpur Bench: Gwalior and Indore |
1958 | Kerala | Kerala & Lakshadweep | Ernakulam |
1960 | Gujarat | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
1966 | Delhi | Delhi | Delhi |
1971 | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
1975 | Punjab & Haryana | Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
1975 | Sikkim | Sikkim | Gangtok |
2000 | Chattisgarh | Chattisgarh | Bilaspur |
2000 | Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand | Nainital |
2000 | Jharkhand | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
2013 | Tripura | Tripura | Agartala |
2013 | Manipur | Manipur | Imphal |
2013 | Meghalaya | Meghalaya | Shillong |
2019 | Telangana | Telangana | Hyderabad |
2019 | Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | Amravati |
2019 | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (Note: In 1928, Jammu & Kashmir high court was established. Post-bi-furcation of J&K into two union territories; there is now a common high court.) | Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh | – |
The given qualifications must be fulfilled:
- The person should have been a Barrister for more than five years
- Has been a civil servant for over 10 years along with serving the Zila court for at least 3 years
- A person who has been a pleader for over 10 years in any High Court.