List of High courts in India - Wikipedia List of High courts in India This article is part of a series on Judiciary of India Law of India Administration Ministry of Law and Justice Department of Legal Affairs Legislative Department Department of Justice Law Commission of India Civil courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the supreme court High courts in India Chief justices of high courts in India Judges of high courts District courts / additional district judge 's courts Civil judge ( sr. division ) 's courts Civil judge ( jr. division ) 's courts Criminal courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the supreme court High courts in India Chief justices of high courts in India Judges of high courts Session courts / courts of additional sessions judge Courts of assistant sessions judges Chief judicial magistrates Additional chief judicial magistrates Chief metropolitan magistrates Judicial magistrate of first classs / metropolitan magistrates Special judicial magistrates Judicial magistrate of second classs Courts of executive magistrates Divisional commissioners District magistrates Additional district magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Special executive magistrates Legal profession Bar Council Attorney General of India Solicitor General of India Additional solicitors general Advocates in India All India Bar Examination Legal education Legal education in India Autonomous law schools in India List of law schools in India There are 24 high courts at the state and union territory level of India, which together with the Supreme Court of India at the national level, comprise the country 's judicial system. Each high court has jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories. Below the high courts is a hierarchy of subordinate courts such as the civil courts, family courts, criminal courts and various other district courts. High courts are instituted as constitutional courts under Part VI, Chapter V, Article 214 of the Indian constitution. The high courts are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in each state and union territory. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of pecuniary, territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters, if so designated specifically in a state or federal law. However, the work of most high courts primarily consists of appeals from lower courts and writ petitions in terms of Article 226 of the constitution. Writ jurisdiction is also an original jurisdiction of a high court. The precise territorial jurisdiction of each high court varies. The appeal order is the following : tehsil - kotwali - criminal / civil courts → district court → high court → supreme court. Each state is divided into judicial districts presided over by a district and sessions judge. He is known as district judge when he presides over a civil case, and sessions judge when he presides over a criminal case. He is the highest judicial authority below a high court judge. Below him, there are courts of civil jurisdiction, known by different names in different states. Under Article 141 of the constitution, all courts in India -- including high courts -- are bound by the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court of India by precedence. Judges in a high court are appointed by the President of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the governor of the state. High courts are headed by a chief justice. The chief justices rank fourteenth ( within their respective states ) and seventeenth ( outside their respective states ) on the Indian order of precedence. The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that High Court, whichever is higher. The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 2 July 1862. High courts that handle a large number of cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits. Smaller states with few cases may have circuit benches established. Circuit benches ( known as circuit courts in some parts of the world ) are temporary courts which hold proceedings for a few selected months in a year. Thus cases built up during this interim period are judged when the circuit court is in session. According to a study conducted by Bengaluru - based NGO, Daksh, on 21 high courts in collaboration with the Ministry of Law and Justice in March 2015, it was found that average pendency of a case in high courts in India is 3 years. Contents 1 High courts 2 High courts by states / union territories 3 Courts under a high court 4 Notes and citations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links High courts The Madras High Court in Chennai, Bombay High Court in Mumbai, Calcutta High Court in Kolkata and Allahabad High Court in Allahabad are the oldest four high courts in India. The following are the 24 high courts in India sorted by name, year established, Act by which it was established, jurisdiction, principal seat ( headquarters ), permanent benches ( subordinate to the principal seat ), circuit benches ( functional a few days in a month / year ), the maximum number of judges sanctioned and the presiding chief justice of the high court. Court name Established Act established Jurisdiction Principal seat Bench Judges Chief justice Allahabad High Court 11 June 1866 Indian High Courts Act 1861 Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Lucknow 109 D.B. Bhosale Bombay High Court 14 August 1862 Indian High Courts Act 1861 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Mumbai Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji 73 Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani ( Acting ) Calcutta High Court 2 July 1862 Indian High Courts Act 1861 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal Kolkata Port Blair 33 Jyotirmay Bhattacharya ( Acting ) Chhattisgarh High Court 1 November 2000 Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur -- 12 Mr. Justice Pritinker Diwaker Delhi High Court 31 October 1966 Delhi High Court Act, 1966 National Capital Territory of Delhi New Delhi -- 37 Gita Mittal ( Acting ) Gauhati High Court 1 March 1948 Government of India Act, 1935 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Guwahati Aizwal, Itanagar, Kohima 18 Ajit Singh Gujarat High Court 1 May 1960 Bombay Reorgansisation Act, 1960 Gujarat Ahmedabad -- 31 R. Subhash Reddy High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad 5 July 1954 Andhra State Act, 1953 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Hyderabad -- 31 T.B. Radhakrishnan ( Acting ) Himachal Pradesh High Court 1971 State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 Himachal Pradesh Shimla -- 08 Sanjay Karol ( Acting ) Jammu and Kashmir High Court 28 August 1928 Letters Patent issued by then Maharaja of Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar / Jammu -- 11 Badar Durrez Ahmed Jharkhand High Court 15 November 2000 Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 Jharkhand Ranchi -- 14 Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel ( Acting ) Karnataka High Court 1884 Mysore High Court Act, 1884 Karnataka Bangalore Dharwad, Gulbarga 25 Dinesh Maheshwari Kerala High Court 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Kerala, Lakshadweep Kochi -- 37 Antony Dominic ( Acting ) Madhya Pradesh High Court 2 January 1936 Government of India Act, 1935 Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Gwalior, Indore 34 Hemant Gupta Madras High Court 15 August 1862 Indian High Courts Act 1861 Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu Chennai Madurai 60 Huluvadi G. Ramesh Manipur High Court 25 March 2013 North - Eastern Areas ( Reorganisation ) and Other Related Laws ( Amendment ) Act, 2012 Manipur Imphal -- 02 Ramalingam Sudhakar Meghalaya High Court 23 March 2013 North - Eastern Areas ( Reorganisation ) and Other Related Laws ( Amendment ) Act, 2012 Meghalaya Shillong -- 02 Dinesh Maheshwari Orissa High Court 3 April 1948 Orissa High Court Ordinance, 1948 Odisha Cuttack -- 17 Vineet Saran Patna High Court 2 September 1916 Letters Patent issued by the Crown Bihar Patna -- 33 Rajendra Menon Punjab and Haryana High Court 15 August 1947 Punjab High Court Ordinance, 1947 Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Chandigarh -- 50 Shiavax Jal Vazifdar Rajasthan High Court 21 June 1949 Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 Rajasthan Jodhpur Jaipur 35 Pradeep Nandrajog Sikkim High Court 16 May 1975 The 36th Amendment to the Indian Constitution Sikkim Gangtok -- 03 Satish K. Agnihotri Tripura High Court 26 March 2013 North - Eastern Areas ( Reorganisation ) and Other Related Laws ( Amendment ) Act, 2012 Tripura Agartala -- 02 Tinlianthang Vaiphei Uttarakhand High Court 9 November 2000 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Uttarakhand Nainital -- 10 K.M. Joseph Notes ^ Jump up to : Permanent bench. Jump up ^ Circuit bench. Jump up ^ Srinagar is the summer capital ; Jammu is the winter capital. High courts by states / union territories The Bombay High Court in Mumbai, one of the first four high courts of India The Calcutta High Court in Kolkata, one of the first four high courts of India The Allahabad High Court in Allahabad, one of the first four high courts of India The Karnataka High Court in Bangalore ) ) A working day view of The Kerala High Court in Kochi The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in Hyderabad The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad State or UT High Court Principal seat Bench ( es ) Official website Andaman and Nicobar Islands Calcutta High Court Kolkata Port Blair https://web.archive.org/web/20070306142046/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/ Arunachal Pradesh Gauhati High Court -- Itanagar http://ghcitanagar.gov.in/ Andhra Pradesh High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad Hyderabad -- http://hc.tap.nic.in/ Assam Gauhati High Court Guwahati -- http://ghconline.nic.in/ Bihar Patna High Court Patna -- https://web.archive.org/web/20150419064726/http://patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in/ Chandigarh Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh -- http://highcourtchd.gov.in/ Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur -- http://highcourt.cg.gov.in/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli Bombay High Court Mumbai -- https://web.archive.org/web/20080130075145/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/ Daman and Diu Bombay High Court Mumbai -- https://web.archive.org/web/20080130075145/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/ National Capital Territory of Delhi Delhi High Court New Delhi -- http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/ Goa Bombay High Court -- Panaji http://www.hcbombayatgoa.nic.in/ Gujarat Gujarat High Court Ahmedabad -- http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in Haryana Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh -- http://highcourtchd.gov.in/ Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh High Court Shimla -- http://www.hphighcourt.nic.in/ Jammu and Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir High Court Srinagar / Jammu -- http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Jharkhand Jharkhand High Court Ranchi -- http://www.jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in/ Karnataka Karnataka High Court Bengaluru Dharwad and Kalaburagi http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/ http://hck.gov.in/ Kerala Kerala High Court Ernakulam -- http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/ Lakshadweep Kerala High Court Ernakulam -- http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/ Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur Gwalior and Indore http://www.mphc.in/ Maharashtra Bombay High Court Mumbai Aurangabad and Nagpur https://web.archive.org/web/20080130075145/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/ Manipur Manipur High Court Imphal -- http://hcmimphal.nic.in/ Meghalaya Meghalaya High Court Shillong -- http://meghalayahighcourt.nic.in/ Mizoram Gauhati High Court -- Aizawl http://ghcazlbench.nic.in/ Nagaland Gauhati High Court -- Kohima http://kohimahighcourt.gov.in/ Odisha Odisha High Court Cuttack -- http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/ Puducherry Madras High Court Chennai -- http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/ Punjab Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh -- http://highcourtchd.gov.in/ Rajasthan Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur Jaipur http://hcraj.nic.in/ Sikkim Sikkim High Court Gangtok -- http://www.highcourtofsikkim.nic.in/ Tamil Nadu Madras High Court Chennai Madurai http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/ Telangana High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad Hyderabad -- http://hc.tap.nic.in/ Tripura Tripura High Court Agartala -- http://thc.nic.in/ Uttar Pradesh Allahabad High Court Allahabad Lucknow http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/ Uttarakhand Uttarakhand High Court Nainital -- http://highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in/ West Bengal Calcutta High Court Kolkata -- https://web.archive.org/web/20070306142046/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/ Notes Jump up ^ Circuit bench. ^ Jump up to : Permanent bench. Jump up ^ Srinagar is the summer capital ; Jammu is the winter capital. Courts under a high court District courts District munsiff courts Courts of judicial magistrates of first class Courts of judicial magistrates of second class E-courts Notes and citations Jump up ^ `` Indian Courts ''. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012. Jump up ^ Thakur, Pradeep ( March 22, 2016 ). `` HCs taking 3 years on average to decide cases : Study ''. The Times of India. New Delhi. OCLC 23379369. Retrieved March 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Originally established at Agra, it shifted to Allahabad in 1875. Jump up ^ Lahore High Court was established at Lahore on 21 March 1919 and had jurisdiction over undivided Punjab and Delhi. On 11 August 1947 a separate Punjab High Court 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 Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. The Delhi High Court was established on 31 October 1966 with its seat at Simla which was later shifted to New Delhi in 1971 after the Himachal Pradesh was granted the statehood with its own High Court at Simla. Jump up ^ Originally known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland, it was renamed as Gauhati High Court in 1971. Jump up ^ Originally known as Andhra Pradesh High Court, it was renamed High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in 2014. Jump up ^ `` THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN ''. hc.tap.nic.in. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Justice Ranganathan is new acting Chief Justice of Hyerabad High Court - Times of India ''. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 14. Jump up ^ Originally known as Mysore High Court, it was renamed as Karnataka High Court in 1974. Jump up ^ The High Court of Travancore - Cochin was inaugurated at Kochi on 7 July 1949. The state of Kerala was formed by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. That Act abolished the Travancore - Cochin High Court and created the Kerala High Court. The Act also extended the jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court to Lakshadweep. Jump up ^ Under the Government of India Act, 1935, a High Court was established at Nagpur for the Central Provinces by Letters Patent dated 2 January 1936. After the reorganization of states, this High Court was moved to Jabalpur in 1956. Jump up ^ Though the State of Orissa was renamed Odisha in March 2011, the Odissa High Court retained its original name. There has been an ongoing discussion on how to legally change the nomenclature of the High Courts to reflect the renaming of states, but so far none has changed. Jump up ^ Originally known as Punjab High Court, it was renamed as Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1966. Jump up ^ Originally known as Uttaranchal High Court, it was renamed as Uttarakhand High Court in 2007. See also List of current Indian chief justices References `` Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts ''. Eastern Book Company. Retrieved 2 September 2005. `` Judge Strength in High Courts Increased ''. Press Information Bureau -- Govt. of India. Retrieved 2 September 2005. `` Judiciary ''. Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 29 August 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2005. `` Constitution of India ''. Wikisource. Retrieved 31 December 2005. `` Madras High Court ''. Hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 24 December 2015. `` Soon, High Courts in 3 Northeastern States ''. Retrieved 11 May 2012. `` New Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to Assume Charge on Wednesday ''. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 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Question: andaman and nicobar comes under the jurisdiction of
Answer: Calcutta High Court