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Jurisdiction and Seats of
Indian High Courts










Name Date of
establishment
Act by which
established
Territorial
jurisdiction
Principal Seat Bench(s)
Allahabad

1
11-6-1866 High Courts Act,
1861
State of Uttar
Pradesh
Allahabad Lucknow
Andhra Pradesh 5-7-1954 Andhra State Act,
1953
State of Andhra
Pradesh
Hyderabad
Bombay 14-8-1862 High Courts Act,
1861
State of
Maharashtra, and
Goa and U.T. of
Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
and Diu
Bombay Nagpur, Panaji
and
Aurangabad
Calcutta 2-7-1862 High Courts Act,
1861
State of West
Bengal and U.T. of
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
Calcutta Circuit Bench
at Port Blair
Chhattisgarh 11-1-2000 Madhya Pradesh
Reorganisation
Act, 2000
State of
Chhattisgarh
Bilaspur
Delhi

2
31-10-1966 Delhi High Court
Order, 1966
National Capital
Territory of Delhi
Delhi
Guwahati

3
1-3-1948 Government of
India Act, 1935 as
adopted by the
Indian Provisional
Constitution
(Amnedment)
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
24.1.72),
Agartala
(established on
24.1.72),
Shillong
(established on
4.9.74), Aizwal
(established on
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5.7.90), and
Itanagar
(established on
12.8.2000).
Gujarat 1-5-1960 Bombay Re-
organsisation Act,
1960
State of Gujarat Ahmedabad
Himachal
Pradesh

2
1971 State of H.P. Act,
1970
State of Himachal
Pradesh
Shimla
Jammu &
Kashmir
28-8-1943 Letters Patent
issued by the
Maharaja of
Kashmir
State of Jammu &
Kashmir
Srinagar &
Jammu

Jharkhand 2000 Bihar
Reorganasation
Act, 2000
State of Jharkhand Ranchi
Karnataka

4
1884 Mysore High Court
Act, 1884
State of Karnataka Bangalore
Kerala

5
1958 The Kerala High
Court Act, 1958
State of Kerala and
U.T. of Lakshadweep
Ernakulam
Madhya
Pradesh

6
2-1-1936 Government of
India Act, 1935
State of Madhya
Pradesh
Jabalpur Gwalior and
Indore
Madras 15-8-1862 High Courts Act,
1861
State of Tamil Nadu
and U.T. of
Pondicherry
Madras Madurai
Orissa 3-4-1948 Orissa High Court
Order,1948
State of Orissa Cuttack
Patna 9-2-1916 Government of
India Act, 1915
State of Bihar Patna
Punjab &
Haryana

2

7
11-8-1947 High Court
(Punjab) Order,
1947
State of Punjab and
Haryana and U.T. of
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Rajasthan 21-6-1949 Rajasthan High
Court Ordinance,
1949
State of Rajasthan Jodhpur Jaipur
Sikkim 1975 Article 371-F(i)
vide Constitutional
State of Sikkim Gangtok
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(Thirty-Sixth
Amendment) Act,
1975
Uttranchal 2000 U.P.
Reorganisation
Act, 2000
State of Uttranchal Nainital
1. Origally known established at Agra. Shifted to Allahabad in 1875.
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2. Lahore High Court established in 21-3-1919. Jurisdiction covered undivided Punjab and Delhi. In 11-8-1947 a separate High
Court of Punjab was created with its seat at Simla under the Indian Independence Act, 1947 which had jurisdiction over
Punjab, Delhi and present Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. In 1966 after the reorganisation of the State of Punjab, the High
Court was designated as the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The Delhi High Court was established on 31-10-1966 with
its seat at Simla.
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3. Originally known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland, renamed as Guwahati High Court in 1971 by the North East
Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
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4. Originally known as Mysore High Court, renamed as Karnataka High Court in 1973.
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5. High Court established at Ernakulam by an Ordinace of 1948. This was repealed by the Travancore-Cochin High Court Act,
1949. The State then came to be known as Kerala. The Kerala High Court Act, 1958 laid down the powers, jurisdiction and
authority of the Kerala High Court.
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6. Under the Government of India Act, 1935 by a Letters Patent dated 2-1-1936 a High Court was established at Nagpur for
the Central Provinces. After the reogansiation of States, this High Court was shifted to Jabalpur in 1956.
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7. Originally known as Punjab High Court, renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court in 1966.
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