List of high courts in India
High courts
The Madras High Court in Chennai, Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Calcutta High Court in Kolkata and Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj are the oldest four high courts in India.

List of high courts in India

Section Title: High courts
Table Section Text: The Madras High Court in Chennai, Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Calcutta High Court in Kolkata and Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj are the oldest four high courts in India.

Court	Established	Act established	Jurisdiction	Principal seat	Bench(es)	Judges	Chief Justice

Total Strength	Permanent Judges	Additional Judges

Allahabad High Court	11 June 1866	Indian High Courts Act 1861	Uttar Pradesh	Prayagraj	Lucknow	160	76	84	Govind Mathur

Andhra Pradesh High Court	1 January 2019	Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati	—	37	28	9	Chagari Praveen Kumar (acting)

Bombay High Court	14 August 1862	Indian High Courts Act 1861	Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra	Mumbai	Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji	94	71	23	Pradeep Nandrajog

Calcutta High Court	2 July 1862	Indian High Courts Act 1861	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal	Kolkata	Port Blair Jalpaiguri	72	54	18	Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan

Chhattisgarh High Court	1 November 2000	Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur	—	22	17	5	Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting)

Delhi High Court	31 October 1966	Delhi High Court Act, 1966	National Capital Territory of Delhi	New Delhi	—	60	45	15	Rajendra Menon

Gauhati High Court	1 March 1948	Government of India Act, 1935	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland	Guwahati	Aizawl, Itanagar, Kohima	24	18	6	A. S. Bopanna

Gujarat High Court	1 May 1960	Bombay Reorgansisation Act, 1960	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	—	52	39	13	Anantkumar Surendraray Dave (acting)

Himachal Pradesh High Court	25 January 1971	State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	—	13	10	3	Surya Kant

Jammu and Kashmir High Court	28 August 1928	Letters Patent issued by then Maharaja of Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar/Jammu	—	17	13	4	Gita Mittal

Jharkhand High Court	15 November 2000	Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000	Jharkhand	Ranchi	—	25	19	6	Aniruddha Bose

Karnataka High Court	1884	Mysore High Court Act, 1884	Karnataka	Bangalore	Dharwad, Gulbarga	62	47	15	Lingappa Narayana Swamy (acting)

Kerala High Court	1 November 1956	States Reorganisation Act, 1956	Kerala, Lakshadweep	Kochi	—	47	35	12	Hrishikesh Roy

Madhya Pradesh High Court	2 January 1936	Government of India Act, 1935	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	Gwalior, Indore	53	40	13	Sanjay Kumar Seth

Madras High Court	15 August 1862	Indian High Courts Act 1861	Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Madurai	75	56	19	Vijaya Tahilramani

Manipur High Court	25 March 2013	North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	Manipur	Imphal	—	5	4	1	Ramalingam Sudhakar

Meghalaya High Court	23 March 2013	North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	Meghalaya	Shillong	—	4	3	1	Mohammad Yaqoob Mir

Orissa High Court	3 April 1948	Orissa High Court Ordinance, 1948	Odisha	Cuttack	—	27	20	7	Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri

Patna High Court	2 September 1916	Letters Patent issued by then British Crown	Bihar	Patna	—	53	40	13	Amreshwar Pratap Sahi

Punjab and Haryana High Court	15 August 1947	Punjab High Court Ordinance, 1947	Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab	Chandigarh	—	85	64	21	Krishna Murari

Rajasthan High Court	21 June 1949	Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949	Rajasthan	Jodhpur	Jaipur	50	38	12	Mohammad Rafiq (acting)

Sikkim High Court	16 May 1975	The 36th Amendment to the Indian Constitution	Sikkim	Gangtok	—	3	3	0	Vijay Kumar Bist

Telangana High Court	20 April 1920	Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014	Telangana	Hyderabad	—	24	18	6	Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (acting)

Tripura High Court	26 March 2013	North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	Tripura	Agartala	—	4	4	0	Sanjay Karol

Uttarakhand High Court	9 November 2000	Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000	Uttarakhand	Nainital	—	11	9	2	Ramesh Ranganathan

Total	1079	771	308

Notes

^ Permanent bench. ^ Circuit bench. Srinagar is the summer capital; Jammu is the winter capital.

Sentence(s)

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court is the High Court of the India in Jammu and Kashmir.

final_sentence: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court is the High Court of the India in Jammu and Kashmir.