List of High Courts in India

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:

  1. Allahabad High Court, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
  2. Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati
  3. Bombay High Court, Mumbai, Maharashtra
  4. Calcutta High Court, Kolkata, West Bengal
  5. Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
  6. Delhi High Court, New Delhi
  7. Gauhati High Court, Guwahati, Assam
  8. Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  9. Himachal Pradesh High Court, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
  10. Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand
  11. Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru, Karnataka
  12. Kerala High Court, Ernakulam, Kerala
  13. Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
  14. Madras High Court, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  15. Manipur High Court, Imphal, Manipur
  16. Meghalaya High Court, Shillong, Meghalaya
  17. Orissa High Court, Cuttack, Odisha
  18. Patna High Court, Patna, Bihar
  19. Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
  20. Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
  21. Sikkim High Court, Gangtok, Sikkim
  22. Telangana High Court, Hyderabad, Telangana
  23. Tripura High Court, Agartala, Tripura
  24. Uttarakhand High Court, Nainital, Uttarakhand

The High Court of Jammu and kashmir and the High court of Ladakh are functional since 2019.

NameYearTerritorial
Jurisdiction
Seat
Kolkata1862West Bengal, Andman &
Nicobar Islands
Kolkata ( Bench of port
Blair)
Bombay1862Maharastra, Dadar, & Nagar
Haveli. Goa, Daman Diu
Mumbai (Bench at Panaji,
Aurangabad and Nagpur)
Chennai1862Tamil Nadu & PondicherryChennai (Bench at
Madurai)
Allahabad1866Utter PradeshAllahabad (Bench at
Lucknow)
Karnataka1884KarnatakaBengaluru (Bench at
Dharwad and Gulbarga)
Patna1916BiharPatna
Jammu &
Kashmir
1928Jammu & KashmirSri Nagar & Jammu
Punjab &
Haryana
1947Punjab, Haryana ,
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Guwahati1948Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram
and Arunachal Pradesh
Guwahati (Bench at
Kohima, Aizawl and
Itanagar
Orissa1948OrissaCuttack
Rajasthan1949RajasthanJodhpur ( Bench – Jaipur)
Madhya
Pradesh
1956Madhya PradeshJabalpur (Bench –Indore ,
Gwalior)
Kerala1958Kerala & LakshadweepErnakulam
Gujarat1960GujaratAhmedabad
Delhi1966DelhiDelhi
Himachal
Pradesh
1966Himachal PradeshShimla
Sikkim1975SikkimGangtok
Chhattisgarh2000ChhattisgarhBilaspur
Uttarakhand2000UttarakhandNainital
Jharkhand2000JharkhandRanchi
Tripura2013TripuraAgartala
Manipur2013ManipurImphal
Meghalaya2013MeghalayaShillong
Telangana2019TelanganaHyderabad
Andhra
Pradesh
2019Andhra
Pradesh
Amravati
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