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The high court seats of India mean for the better administration of the justice the high court of each state extends a branch at any other places than the place it is originally situated. In one state there is only one seat of High Court and maybe no or one or more than one benches as per need. For example, In Jabalpur, the High Court seat of Madhya Pradesh is situated, and there are two benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court- in Indore and Gwalior.
High Court seating Chart of India
Sl. No. | Name | Establishment Date | Act by which established | Territorial Jurisdiction | Seat | Bench/ Benches | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Calcutta | 02/07/1862 | High Courts Act, 1861 | State of West Bengal and UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Calcutta | Circuit Bench at Port Blair. | |||||||
2 | Bombay | 14/08/1862 | High Courts Act, 1861 | State of Maharashtra and Goa and UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | Bombay | Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad. | |||||||
3 | Madras | 15/08/1862 | High Courts Act, 1861 | State of Tamil Nadu and UT of Pondicherry. | Madras | Madurai | |||||||
4 | Allahabad | 11/06/1866 | High Courts Act, 1861 | State of Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad | Lucknow | |||||||
5 | Madhya Pradesh | 02/01/1936 | Government of India Act, 1935 | State of Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | Gwalior and Indore | |||||||
6 | Jammu and Kashmir | 28/08/1928 | Letters Patent issued by the Maharaja of Kashmir, Jammu, and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 | State of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Srinagar and Jammu | ……. | |||||||
7 | Karnataka | 1884 | Mysore High Court Act, 1884 | State of Karnataka | Bangalore | Dharwad, Kalaburagi | |||||||
8 | Kerala | 1958 | The Kerala High Court Act, 1958 | State of Kerala and U.T. of Lakshadweep | Ernakulum | Thiruvananthapuram | |||||||
9 | Andhra Pradesh | 05/07/1954 | Andhra Act, 1953 | State of Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | ….. | |||||||
10 | Guwahati | 01/03/1948 | Government of India Act, 1935 as adopted by the Indian Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1948 | States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, and U.T. of Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati | Kohima (established on 1/12/1972), Imphal (established on 24/01/1972), Agartala (established on 24/01/1972), Shilong (established on 04/09/1974), Aizawl (established on 05/07/1990), and Itanagar (established on 12/08/2000). | |||||||
11 | Orissa | 03/04/1948 | Orissa High Court Order, 1948 | State of Orissa | Cuttack | ….. | |||||||
12 | Chhattisgarh | 01/11/2000 | Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 | State of Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur | ….. | |||||||
13 | Himachal Pradesh | 1971 | State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 | State of Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | ….. | |||||||
14 | Gujarat | 01/05/1960 | Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 | State of Gujarat | Ahmedabad | …… | |||||||
15 | Jharkhand | 2000 | Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 | State of Jharkhand | Ranchi | …… | |||||||
16 | Patna | 09/02/1916 | Government of India Act, 1915 | State of Bihar | Patna | …… | |||||||
17 | Delhi | 31/10/1966 | Delhi High Court Order, 1966 | National Capital Territory of Delhi | Delhi | …… | |||||||
18 | Uttaranchal | 2000 | U.P. Reorganisation Act, 2000 | State of Uttaranchal | Nainital | …… | |||||||
19 | Rajasthan | 21/06/1949 | Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 | State of Rajasthan | Jodhpur | Jaipur | |||||||
20 | Punjab and Haryana | 11/08/1947 | High Court (Punjab) Order, 1947 | State of Punjab and Haryana and U.T. of Chandigarh | Chandigarh | …… | |||||||
21 | Sikkim | 1975 | Article 371-F(i) vide Constitutional (Thirty-Sixth Amendment), Act, 1975 | State of Sikkim | Gangtok | …… | |||||||
22 | Tripura | 26/03/2013 | North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Acts (Amendment), 2012 | State of Tripura | Agartala | …… | |||||||
23 | Uttarakhand | 09/11/2000 | Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 | State of Uttarakhand | Nainital | …… | |||||||
24 | Telangana | 01/01/2019 | Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 | State of Telangana | Hyderabad | …… | |||||||
25 | Meghalaya | 23/03/2013 | North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 | Meghalaya | Shilong | …… | |||||||
There are various judgments on acquiring a permanent principal seat bench of the high court; the president appoints the judges and chief justice of the high court under clause (1) of Article 217 of the constitution. The judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court are appointed under section 95 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir by the President of India. By dividing the average institution of main cases, the judges in a court are decided. When a Chief Justice sends his recommendation for appointing an additional judge as a permanent judge, along with his recommendation the chief justice should provide a statistical analysis of the month-wise number of judgments and cases supplied by the judge concerned and that are reported by a law journal certified by him. It should also be mentioned the number of days he was absent and present in the court during the period in which the statistical data is sent.
Conclusion
The high court seats of India mean for the better administration of the justice the high court of each state extends a branch at any other places than the place it is originally situated. In one state there is only one seat of the High Court and maybe no or one or more than one benches as per need. There are 25 high courts in India along with territorial jurisdiction.
