HIGH COURTS IN INDIA

HIGH COURTS IN INDIA
Overview
There are 21 High Courts in India
The Calcutta High Court, established in 1862, is the oldest High Court in India. The Bombay and Madras High Courts were also established in the same year
The newest High Courts are the Tripura High Court,Meghalaya High Court and Manipur High Court, all established in the year 2013
The Bombay, Madras and Calcutta High Courts are the three Chartered High Courts in India
The Madras Law Journal, published from the Madras High Court, was the first journal in India dedicated to reporting judgements of a Court (1891)
Jurisdiction of High Courts
Each High Court has jurisdiction over a particular state(s) and/or Union Territory(ies)
High Courts have original and appellate jurisdiction. High Courts also have jurisdiction over writsStates are divided into judicial districts, presided over by a District Judge or a Sessions Judge, who is the highest judicial authority below the High Court.The presiding judge is called District Judge when he presides over a civil case, and called a Sessions Judge when presiding over a criminal case
The High Court is a court of record.Cases relating to admiralty, marriage and contempt of court are referred directly to the High Court
Judges and Benches
The Judges of a High Court are appointed by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the state.The number of Judges in a High Court is decided based on the number of cases instituted and disposed. High Courts that handle a large number of cases from a particular region, may establish a permanent Bench there. Benches are present in states that come under the jurisdiction of Courts outside its territory.Circuit Benches are temporary courts that hold proceedings for a few months every year

 High court In India 

State or UT	Court	Principal Seat/(Bench having jurisdiction of the State)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Calcutta High Court	Kolkata (Bench at Port Blair)
Arunachal Pradesh	Gauhati High Court	Guwahati (Bench at Itanagar)
Andhra Pradesh	High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad	Hyderabad
Assam	Gauhati High Court	Guwahati
Bihar	Patna High Court	Patna
Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh High Court	Bilaspur
Chandigarh	Punjab and Haryana High Court	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Bombay High Court	Mumbai
Daman and Diu	Bombay High Court	Mumbai
National Capital Territory of Delhi	Delhi High Court	New Delhi
Goa	Bombay High Court	Mumbai (Bench at Panaji)
Gujarat	Gujarat High Court	Ahmedabad
Haryana	Punjab and Haryana High Court	Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh High Court	Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir High Court	Srinagar/Jammu
Jharkhand	Jharkhand High Court	Ranchi
Karnataka	Karnataka High Court	Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga)
Kerala	Kerala High Court	Kochi
Lakshadweep	Kerala High Court	Kochi
Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh High Court	Jabalpur (Bench at Gwalior and Indore)
Maharashtra	Bombay High Court	Mumbai (Bench at Aurangabad and Nagpur)
Manipur	Manipur High Court	Imphal
Meghalaya	Meghalaya High Court	Shillong
Mizoram	Gauhati High Court	Guwahati (Bench at Aizawl)
Nagaland	Gauhati High Court	Guwahati (Bench at Kohima)
Odisha	Orissa High Court	Cuttack
Puducherry	Madras High Court	Chennai
Punjab	Punjab and Haryana High Court	Chandigarh
Rajasthan	Rajasthan High Court	Jodhpur (Bench at Jaipur)
Sikkim	Sikkim High Court	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Madras High Court	Chennai (Bench at Madurai)
Telangana	High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad	Hyderabad
Tripura	Tripura High Court	Agartala
Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand High Court	Nainital
Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad High Court	Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow)
West Bengal	Calcutta High Court	Kolkatta