Lok Sabha Question No. 1672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1672

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 21.09.2020

## High Court Benches

1672.  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 so far?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(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 any Government including that of State Government of Uttar Pradesh.

A statement showing the High Courts and their Benches is attached at Annexure.

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State respective

## Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  No.  1672  to  be  answered  on  21.09.2020  showing  High Courts and their Benches State-wise/UT-wise.

|   Sl. No. | High Court(States)          | Principal Seat   | Jurisdiction                                                | Permanent/ Circuit Benches and Date from which the Bench began functioning                                          |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Allahabad(Uttar Pradesh)    | Allahabad        | Uttar Pradesh                                               | (1) 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 (UT) Dadra & Nagar Haveli(UT) | (2) Nagpur (01.05.1960), (3) Panaji (01.07.1948), (4) Aurangabad (27.08.1984)                                       |
|         5 | Calcutta(West Bengal)       | Kolkata          | West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT)                  | (5) Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri vide Presidential Order dated 7 th February, 2019. (6) 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                | (7) Kohima (10.02.1990), (8) Aizawl (05.07.1990) , (9) 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                         | (10) Dharwad (24.08.2013) , (11) Gulbarga (31.08.2013) |
|    14 | Kerala                                                                                                                                      | Ernakulam (Kochi) | Kerala & Lakshadweep Islands(UT)  | -                                                      |
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                              | Jabalpur          | Madhya Pradesh                    | (12) Gwalior (01.11.1956), (13) Indore (01.11.1956)    |
|    16 | Madras(Tamil Nadu)                                                                                                                          | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu & Puducherry (UT)      | (14) Madurai (24.07.2004)                              |
|    17 | Orissa                                                                                                                                      | Cuttack           | Odisha                            | -                                                      |
|    18 | Patna(Bihar)                                                                                                                                | Patna             | Bihar                             | -                                                      |
|    19 | Punjab & Haryana                                                                                                                            | Chandigarh        | Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh (UT) | -                                                      |
|    20 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                   | Jodhpur           | Rajasthan                         | (15) Jaipur (31.01.1977)                               |
|    21 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                      | Gangtok           | Sikkim                            | -                                                      |
|    22 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                 | Nainital          | Uttarakhand                       | -                                                      |
|    23 | Manipur                                                                                                                                     | Imphal            | Manipur                           |                                                        |
|    24 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                   | Shillong          | Meghalaya                         |                                                        |
|    25 | Tripura                                                                                                                                     | Agartala          | Tripura                           |                                                        |

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