List of High Courts in India with their Chief Justice

The High Court of a State is that State’s highest court and all other State courts are governed by it. According to the constitution, there is typically only one High Court for each State, although there may be only one High Court for two or more States (Article 231). A Chief Justice and numerous more judges, whose numbers are set by the President of India, are present in every High Court.
S.No. | High Court | Year of Establishment | Act of Establishment | Jurisdiction, Principal seat, and Bench (s) | Chief Justice |
1. | Allahabad High Court | 17 March 1866 | Indian High Courts Act, 1861 | Jurisdiction: Uttar Pradesh Seat: Allahabad Bench: Lucknow | Govind Mathur |
2. | Andhra Pradesh High Court | 1 January 2019 | Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 | Jurisdiction: Andhra Pradesh Seat: Amravati | Arup Kumar Goswami |
3. | Bombay High Court | 14 August 1862 | Indian High Courts Act, 1861 | Jurisdiction: Goa, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Seat: Bombay Bench: Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji | Dipankar Datta |
4. | Calcutta High Court | 1 July 1862 | Indian High Courts Act, 1861 | Jurisdiction: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal Seat: Calcutta Bench: Port Blair, Jalpaiguri | T. B. Radhakrishnan |
5. | Chhattisgarh High Court | 1 November 2000 | Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 | Jurisdiction: Chhattisgarh Seat: Bilaspur | P. R. Ramachandra Menon |
6. | Delhi High Court | 31 October 1966 | Delhi High Court Act, 1966 | Jurisdiction: NCT of Delhi Seat: New Delhi | Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel |
7. | Gauhati High Court | 1 March 1948 | Government of India Act, 1935 | Jurisdiction: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Seat: Guwahati Bench: Aizawl, Itanagar, Kohima | Sudhanshu Dhulia |
8. | Gujarat High Court | 1 May 1960 | Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 | Jurisdiction: Gujarat Seat: Ahmedabad | Vikram Nath |
9. | Himachal High Court | 25 January 1971 | State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 | Jurisdiction: Himachal Pradesh Seat: Shimla | L. Narayana Swamy |
10. | Jammu & Kashmir High Court | 26 March 1928 | Letters Patent issued by then Maharaja of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 | Jurisdiction: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh Seat: Srinagar/ Jammu | Pankaj Mithal |
11. | Jharkhand High Court | 15 November 2000 | Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 | Jurisdiction: Jharkhand Seat: Ranchi | Ravi Ranjan |
12. | Karnataka High Court | 1884 | Mysore High Court Act, 1884 | Jurisdiction: Karnataka Seat: Bengaluru Bench: Dharwad, Kalaburagi | Abhay Shreeniwas Oka |
13. | Kerala High Court | 1 November 1956 | States Reorganisation Act, 1956 | Jurisdiction: Kerala, Lakshadweep Seat: Kochi | S. Manikumar |
14. | Madhya Pradesh High Court | 2 January 1936 | Government of India Act, 1935 | Jurisdiction: Madhya Pradesh Seat: Jabalpur Bench: Gwalior, Indore | Mohammad Rafiq |
15. | Madras High Court | 15 August 1862 | Indian High Courts Act, 1861 | Jurisdiction: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Seat: Madras Bench: Madurai | Sanjib Banerjee |
16. | Manipur High Court | 25 March 2013 | North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 | Jurisdiction: Manipur Seat: Imphal | Ramalingam Sudhakar |
17. | Meghalaya High Court | 23 March 2013 | North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 | Jurisdiction: Meghalaya Seat: Shillong | Biswanath Somadder |
18. | Orrisa High Court | 3 April 1948 | Orissa High Court Ordinance, 1948 | Jurisdiction: Orissa Seat: Cuttack | S. Muralidhar |
19. | Patna High Court | 2 September 1916 | Letters Patent issued by the then British Crown | Jurisdiction: Bihar Seat: Patna | Sanjay Karol |
20. | Punjab and Haryana High Court | 15 August 1947 | Punjab High Court Ordinance, 1947 | Jurisdiction: Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Seat: Chandigarh | Ravi Shankar Jha |
21. | Rajasthan High Court | 21 June 1949 | Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 | Jurisdiction: Rajasthan Seat: Jodhpur Bench: Jaipur | Indrajit Mahanty |
22. | Sikkim High Court | 16 May 1975 | The 36th Amendment to the Indian Constitution | Jurisdiction: Sikkim Seat: Gangtok | Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari |
23. | Telangana High Court | 1 January 2019 | Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 | Jurisdiction: Telangana Seat: Hyderabad | Hima Kohli |
24. | Tripura High Court | 26 March 2013 | North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Acts (Amendment), 2012 | Jurisdiction: Tripura Seat: Agartala | Akil Kureshi |
25. | Uttarakhand High Court | 9 November 2000 | Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 | Jurisdiction: Uttarakhand Seat: Nanital | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan |
Source:
The Imperial Post
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