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· The High Court of a State is the highest court of the State and all other courts of the State work under it.
· There are 25 High Courts in India, six having control over more than one State/UT.
· According to Article 214, each state of India
shall have a High Court.
· However, Article 231 also mentions that there can be a common High Court for two or more states or for two or more states and a Union territory.
· Each High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and such other judges as appointed by the President of India.
There is no fixed minimum number of judges for the High Courts. It varies from Court to Court and from State to State.
List of high courts in India
|
Year |
Name |
Territorial Jurisdiction |
|
1862 |
Bombay |
Maharashtra Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Daman Diu |
|
1862 |
Kolkata |
West Bengal Andaman & Nicobar islands |
|
1862 |
Madras |
Tamil Nadu Pondicherry |
|
1866 |
Allahabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
1884 |
Karnataka |
Karnataka |
|
1928 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu & Kashmir |
|
1948 |
|
Assam Nagaland Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh |
|
1949 |
Odisha |
Odisha |
|
1949 |
Rajasthan |
Rajasthan |
|
1956 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
1958 |
Kerala |
Kerala & Lakshadweep |
|
1960 |
Gujarat |
Gujarat |
|
1966 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
|
1971 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Himachal Pradesh |
|
1975 |
Punjab & Haryana |
Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh |
|
1975 |
Sikkim |
Sikkim |
|
2000 |
Chattisgarh |
Chattisgarh |
|
2000 |
Uttarakhand |
Uttarakhand |
|
2000 |
Jharkhand |
Jharkhand |
|
2013 |
Tripura |
Tripura |
|
2013 |
Manipur |
Manipur |
|
2013 |
Meghalaya |
Meghalaya |
|
2019 |
Telangana |
Telangana |
|
2019 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Andhra Pradesh |
·
Tribunal – A tribunal is a term for
anybody acting judicially, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.
For example, an advocate appearing before a Court on which a single Judge was
sitting could describe that judge as ‘their tribunal’.
·
Permanent Bench – A permanent bench comprises
of one or more High Court judges who sit yearlong at a particular location that
is different from the permanent seat of the High Court.
·
Circuit Bench – A Circuit Bench is for
territories which are far-flung but do not have too many matters to justify a
full-fledged permanent bench. As a result, once or twice a year, some judges
travel to these areas and dispose off all the High Court appeals of that
jurisdiction.
·
Division Bench – In a Division Bench, a case
is heard and judged by at least 2 judges.
· Full Bench – A Full bench refers to a court of law consisting of a greater-than-normal number of judges.
Removal of the Judges
👉 Originally the age of the retirement of the judges of the High Courts was fixed at 60 but it was raised to 62 in 1963 according to the 15th amendment of the Constitution.
· 👉 A judge may leave his office by resigning. He will send his letter of resignation to the President.
· 👉 His office would be considered to have been vacated if he is appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court or is transferred to some other High Court.
· 👉 A judge of a High Court may also be removed like a judge of the Supreme Court. A judge of High Court may be removed by the President if the Parliament passes a motion against him by an absolute majority and 2/3rd majority of the members present and voting, both the Houses sitting separately.
Salary of High Court Judge
·
·
The pay of the Chief Justice of a High Court is
rupees 280,000/- per month and that of the other judges is rupees 250,000/- per
month.
Important points
N.B:
- Bombay High Court- has jurisdiction over
Maharashtra, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman, Diu, and Goa.
- Kolkata
High Court- has jurisdiction over West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar
Islands.
- Madras
High Court- has jurisdiction over Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
- Guwahati
High Court- has jurisdiction over Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal
Pradesh.
- Kerala
High Court- has jurisdiction over Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands.
- Punjab
& Haryana High Court- has jurisdiction over Punjab, Haryana, and
Chandigarh.
- Andhra Pradesh is building a world-class, India’s first
Justice city within its capital Amaravathi with a view to providing
a state of art ecosystem built on new technology for supporting the
Judicial System in the state.
- The Calcutta High Court, established in 1862, is the
oldest High Court in India. . The Bombay and Madras High Courts were also
established in the same year.
- The newest High Courts are the Telangana Court and
Andhra Pradesh High Court, both established in the year 2019.
- The Bombay, Madras and Calcutta High Courts are the
three Chartered High Courts in India
The Madras Law Journal, published from the Madras High Court, was the first journal in India dedicated to reporting judgements of a Court (1891).
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