There are 21 Indian High Courts in the country. There are 3 High Courts that are having control over more than one Indian state. The President of India, after consulting the Chief Justice and the Governor of the State, appoints the Chief Justice of a High Court.
The Bombay High Court has authority over Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Goa. Haryana and Punjab High Court have control over Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana. The Guwahati High Court, earlier known as Assam High Court, has command over Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya.
Out of all the Union Territories of India, Only Delhi has its own High Court. The other six Union Territories fall under the jurisdiction of various High Courts of the states. The High Courts of India can undertake all offences as well as those punishable with death. The workings of many High Courts consist of petitions from lower courts and summons appeal in terms of Article 226 of Constitution of India.
The different India High Courts are as follows:
- High Court, Andhra Pradesh
- High Court, Allahabad
- High Court, Calcutta
- High Court, Bombay
- High Court, Delhi
- High Court, Chattisgarh
- High Court, Gujarat
- High Court, Gauhati
- High Court, Jammu & kashmir
- High Court, Himachal Pradesh
- High Court, Karnataka
- High Court, Jharkand
- High Court, Madras
- High Court, Kerala
- High Court, Orissa
- High Court, Madhya Pradesh
- High Court, Punjab & Haryana
- High Court, Patna
- High Court, Uttaranchal
- High Court, Rajasthan
Last Updated on 1st Oct 2012
