Lok Sabha Question No. 224 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: High Court Benches
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 224

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 04.12.2019

## High Court Benches

## *224.  SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state :

- a) whether the Government is planning to establish High Court Benches in various States including Uttar Pradesh;
- b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- c)  the criteria adopted/formalities required by the Government for establishment of these Benches; and
- d) the details of the States where such Benches have already been established?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (d) :   A statement  is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  No.  224    FOR  ANSWER  ON    4 th

DECEMBER, 2019 (a) to (d): In accordance with the recommendations made by the Jaswant Singh Commission and judgment pronounced by the Apex Court in W.P. (C) No. 379 of 2000, Bench(es) of the High Court are established after due consideration of a complete proposal from the State Government incorporating readiness to provide infrastructure and meet the expenditure, along  with  the  consent  of  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  concerned  High  Court who is authorized to look after day to day administration of the High Court and its Bench. The proposal should also have the consent of the Governor of the concerned State. No  complete  proposal  has  been  received from the any State Government  including  that  of  Uttar  Pradesh  to  establish  a  High  Court Bench. A statement showing the High Courts and their respective Benches is attached at Annexure.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | High Court(States)          | Principal Seat   | Jurisdiction                                         | Permanent Bench and Date from which the Bench began functioning                                                      |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Allahabad(Uttar Pradesh)    | Allahabad        | Uttar Pradesh                                        | Lucknow (01.07.1948)                                                                                                 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh (01.01.2019) | Amaravati        | Andhra Pradesh                                       | -                                                                                                                    |
|         3 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad        | Telangana                                            | -                                                                                                                    |
|         4 | Bombay(Maharashtra)         | Mumbai           | Maharashtra; Goa; Daman & Diu; Dadra & Nagar Haveli; | Nagpur (01.05.1960), Panaji (01.07.1948), Aurangabad (27.08.1984)                                                    |
|         5 | Calcutta(West Bengal)       | Kolkata          | West Bengal & Andaman & Nicobar Islands              | (i) Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri vide Presidential Order dated 7 th February, 2019. (ii) Circuit Bench at Port Blair. |
|         6 | Chattisgarh                 | Bilaspur         | Chattisgarh                                          | -                                                                                                                    |
|         7 | Delhi(NCT of Delhi)         | New Delhi        | NCT of Delhi                                         | -                                                                                                                    |
|         8 | Gauhati(Assam)              | Guwahati         | Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh         | Kohima (10.02.1990), Aizawl (05.07.1990) , Itanagar (12.08.2000)                                                     |
|         9 | Gujarat                     | Sola (Ahmedabad) | Gujarat                                              | -                                                                                                                    |

|   10. | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                            | Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh                 | -                                            |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|    11 | High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh (as per Jammu & Kashmir reorganization Act, 09.08.2019) | Jammu & Srinagar  | Jammu & Kashmir (UT), Ladakh(UT) | -                                            |
|    12 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                   | Ranchi            | Jharkhand                        | -                                            |
|    13 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                   | Bangalore         | Karnataka                        | Dharwad (24.08.2013) , Gulbarga (31.08.2013) |
|    14 | Kerala                                                                                                                                      | Ernakulam (Kochi) | Kerala & Lakshadweep Islands     | -                                            |
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                              | Jabalpur          | Madhya Pradesh                   | Gwalior (01.11.1956), Indore (01.11.1956)    |
|    16 | Madras(Tamil Nadu)                                                                                                                          | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry         | Madurai (24.07.2004)                         |
|    17 | Orissa                                                                                                                                      | Cuttack           | Orissa                           | -                                            |
|    18 | Patna(Bihar)                                                                                                                                | Patna             | Bihar                            | -                                            |
|    19 | Punjab & Haryana                                                                                                                            | Chandigarh        | Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh     | -                                            |
|    20 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                   | Jodhpur           | Rajasthan                        | Jaipur (31.01.1977)                          |
|    21 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                      | Gangtok           | Sikkim                           | -                                            |
|    22 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                 | Nainital          | Uttarakhand                      | -                                            |
|    23 | Manipur                                                                                                                                     | Imphal            | Manipur                          |                                              |
|    24 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                   | Shillong          | Meghalaya                        |                                              |
|    25 | Tripura                                                                                                                                     | Agartala          | Tripura                          |                                              |