There are 24 High Courts in India, which are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in each state and union territory. They have the power to hear appeals from lower courts, and also have the power of superintendence over all subordinate courts within their jurisdiction. The names of the High Courts and their locations are:
- Allahabad High Court, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati
- Bombay High Court, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Calcutta High Court, Kolkata, West Bengal
- Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
- Delhi High Court, New Delhi
- Gauhati High Court, Guwahati, Assam
- Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Himachal Pradesh High Court, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Kerala High Court, Ernakulam, Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- Madras High Court, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Manipur High Court, Imphal, Manipur
- Meghalaya High Court, Shillong, Meghalaya
- Orissa High Court, Cuttack, Odisha
- Patna High Court, Patna, Bihar
- Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
- Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Sikkim High Court, Gangtok, Sikkim
- Telangana High Court, Hyderabad, Telangana
- Tripura High Court, Agartala, Tripura
- Uttarakhand High Court, Nainital, Uttarakhand
The High Court of Jammu and kashmir and the High court of Ladakh are functional since 2019.
Name | Year | Territorial Jurisdiction | Seat |
Kolkata | 1862 | West Bengal, Andman & Nicobar Islands | Kolkata ( Bench of port Blair) |
Bombay | 1862 | Maharastra, Dadar, & Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman Diu | Mumbai (Bench at Panaji, Aurangabad and Nagpur) |
Chennai | 1862 | Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry | Chennai (Bench at Madurai) |
Allahabad | 1866 | Utter Pradesh | Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) |
Karnataka | 1884 | Karnataka | Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga) |
Patna | 1916 | Bihar | Patna |
Jammu & Kashmir | 1928 | Jammu & Kashmir | Sri Nagar & Jammu |
Punjab & Haryana | 1947 | Punjab, Haryana , Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Guwahati | 1948 | Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati (Bench at Kohima, Aizawl and Itanagar |
Orissa | 1948 | Orissa | Cuttack |
Rajasthan | 1949 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur ( Bench – Jaipur) |
Madhya Pradesh | 1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur (Bench –Indore , Gwalior) |
Kerala | 1958 | Kerala & Lakshadweep | Ernakulam |
Gujarat | 1960 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
Delhi | 1966 | Delhi | Delhi |
Himachal Pradesh | 1966 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
Sikkim | 1975 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
Chhattisgarh | 2000 | Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
Uttarakhand | 2000 | Uttarakhand | Nainital |
Jharkhand | 2000 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
Tripura | 2013 | Tripura | Agartala |
Manipur | 2013 | Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | 2013 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
Telangana | 2019 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
Andhra Pradesh | 2019 | Andhra Pradesh | Amravati |
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