Lok Sabha Question No. 3090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Jurisdiction of High Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Brijmohan Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3090

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 13.12.2024

## Jurisdiction of High Courts

## †3090 SHRI BRIJMOHAN AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of LAWANDJUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the jurisdictions of the High Courts and their Benches, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the requests received from various State Governments for setting up of High Courts and their Benches including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) the details of the action taken in this regard State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the time by which the said separate High Courts and their benches are likely to be set up in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a). A statement showing jurisdiction of High Courts and their Benches, State/UT-wise is at Annexure .
- (b) to (d). The High Court Benches are established 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 and after due consideration of a complete proposal from the State Government consenting to

provide necessary expenditure and infrastructural facilities along with the consent of the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court who is required to look after the day to day administration of the High Court. The proposal to be complete should also have the consent of the Governor of the concerned State. At present there is no complete proposal pending with the Government for setting up of Bench(es) of any High Court.

A request was made by the Chief Minister, Nagaland for setting up a separate High Court for the State of Nagaland which would require amendment of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | High Court                | Principal Seat   | Jurisdiction                                               | Permanent Bench and Date from which the Bench began functioning         |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Allahabad                 | Prayagraj        | Uttar Pradesh                                              | 1. Lucknow (01.07.1948)                                                 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh            | Amaravati        | Andhra Pradesh                                             | -                                                                       |
|         3 | Bombay                    | Mumbai           | Maharashtra; Goa; UT of Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 2. Nagpur (01.05.1960) 3. Panaji (01.07.1948) 4. Aurangabad(27.08.1984) |
|         4 | Calcutta                  | Kolkata          | West Bengal& Andaman& Nicobar Islands (UT)                 | Circuit Benches- 5.Port Blair (2.5.1950) 6. Jaipaiguri (7.2.2019)       |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh              | Bilaspur         | Chhattisgarh                                               | -                                                                       |
|         6 | Delhi                     | New Delhi        | NCT of Delhi                                               | -                                                                       |
|         7 | Gauhati                   | Guwahati         | Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram,& Arunachal Pradesh               | 7. Kohima,(10.02.1990) 8. Aizawl, (05.07.1990) 9. Itanagar (12.08.2000) |
|         8 | Gujarat                   | Sola (Ahmedabad) | Gujarat                                                    | -                                                                       |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla           | Himachal Pradesh                                           | -                                                                       |
|        10 | Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh | Jammu& Srinagar  | UTs of Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh                           | -                                                                       |
|        11 | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi           | Jharkhand                                                  | -                                                                       |
|        12 | Karnataka                 | Bangalore        | Karnataka                                                  | 10. Dharwad (24.08.2008) 11. Gulbarga(31.08.2008)                       |
|        13 | Kerala                    | Kochi            | Kerala& Lakshadweep Islands (UT)                           | -                                                                       |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh            | Jabalpur         | Madhya Pradesh                                             | 12. Gwalior (01.11.1956) 13. Indore (01.11.1956)                        |
|        15 | Madras                    | Chennai          | Tamil Nadu& Puducherry (UT)                                | 14. Madurai (24.07.2004)                                                |
|        16 | Manipur                   | Imphal           | Manipur                                                    | -                                                                       |
|        17 | Meghalaya                 | Shillong         | Meghalaya                                                  | -                                                                       |
|        18 | Orissa                    | Cuttack          | Odisha                                                     | -                                                                       |
|        19 | Patna                     | Patna            | Bihar                                                      | -                                                                       |
|        20 | Punjab& Haryana           | Chandigarh       | Punjab, Haryana& Chandigarh (UT)                           | -                                                                       |
|        21 | Rajasthan                 | Jodhpur          | Rajasthan                                                  | 15. Jaipur (31.01.1977)                                                 |
|        22 | Sikkim                    | Gangtok          | Sikkim                                                     | -                                                                       |
|        23 | Telangana                 | Hyderabad        | Telangana                                                  | -                                                                       |
|        24 | Tripura                   | Agartala         | Tripura                                                    | -                                                                       |
|        25 | Uttarakhand               | Nainital         | Uttarakhand                                                | -                                                                       |