Courts are of 5 types which are Supreme Court, High Court, District Court, Lower Court, and lastly Tribunals. The High Court, which is the 2nd top authority, has control over the states in which they are situated. At present, 23 High Courts are there in India. There are 3 High Courts in the present that provide justice to over 1 state, which is the Bombay High Court, Guwahati High Court, and Punjab and Haryana High Court. 

Decisions made by the High Court are to be strictly followed by all the lower courts. High courts can only give warrants and judgments that can be appealed again in the Supreme Court, but some of the High Court has the original authority to take action or give a decision. Article 214 has been passed which states that the High Court should be built in every state.

There is a position of the high court

The composition of the high court is it comprises a chief justice judge who is assigned by the President after discussing with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of that state in which the High Court is present. The composition of the High Court is also composed of judges who get appointed by the President of India so that they can handle the pressure of work. An unlimited number of judges can be appointed, there is no maximum or minimum limit but yes it may vary from time to time depending upon the workload the judge should be of over 62 years of age. The judge appointed by the president can also be transferred High Court of another state. The judges appointed by the president have a tenure of 2 years and this tenure cannot expand.

Some criteria need to be fulfilled before being assigned as a judge of the High court. The criteria are:

  • The person should belong to India. 
  • The person should have a work experience in lower courts of at least 10 years.
  • He should have practiced law in the High Court for at least 10 years.
  • There is no age limit for the assignment of duties as a judge of the High Court.
  • Any superior judge cannot apply to become a judge in the High Court.

TENURE OF JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT

  1. No judge should be of over 62 years of age or have the authority to work only till the age of 62.
  2. When the judge of the High Court has submitted a written resigning letter to the president. 
  3. As we saw in the composition of the high court, the president appoints the judge but the president also has the power to remove the judge in a case if he wants to discuss it with parliament.
  4. The seat becomes vacant for the judge of the High Court in case of transfer of a judge from one state to another state’s High Court or is given a promotion to Supreme Court.

REMOVAL OF JUDGES OF HIGH COURT

The composition of the High Court also brings the Removal of judges of the High Court. The judges can be removed from High Court on 2 points that are misbehavior by the judge or inability to take over the office of the judge or incapable of his work. A president has the authority to remove the judge from his office and he can only remove him when he gets approval from the 2/3rd majority of the members of the parliament. 

SALARY OF A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT

According to the bill passed on 1st, January 2016, the salary of the judge of the High Court is:

The salary of the chief justice of the High Court is 90,000 p.m. and taking all the increments, it becomes approximately 2, 50,000 p.m. 

The salary of the judge of the High court is 80,000 p.m. and after adding all the increments it becomes approximately 2, 25,000 p.m. 

CONCLUSION

High courts are expected to have a wide scope because they can not only take out warrants for breaking the fundamental rights of a person, but also for breaking the official rights of a citizen. It is also termed a court of record, as it keeps its record of decisions that are made by it because that can be used if the case goes to the Supreme Court. It is said that a person has the authority to directly go to the High Court if he sees any breaking of laws or rights. The High Court has the upper hand over Subordinate Courts and the Tribunals but it cannot interfere in matters relating to the armed forces.