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List of High courts of India 2021

High Court is the ‘Highest Judicial Court’ in an Indian State and all other Courts of the State work under it. As per the Indian constitution, Articles 214-231 deals with the provisions of the High Courts in India. Every High Court in India shall consist of a Chief Justice and such other judges appointed by the President of India. At present, there are 25 High Courts in the different Indian States and Union Territories.

Total High Courts in India :

At present, there are 25 High Courts in the different Indian States and Union Territories with the year of establishment has been given below:

List of High Courts in India

S.N.	Name	Year	Territorial Jurisdiction	Seat
1.	Kolkata	1862	West Bengal, Andman & Nicobar Islands	Kolkata ( Bench of port Blair)
2.	Bombay	1862	Maharastra, Dadar, & Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman Diu	Mumbai (Bench at Panaji, Aurangabad and Nagpur)
3.	Chennai	1862	Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry	Chennai (Bench at Madurai)
4.	Allahabad	1866	Utter Pradesh	Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow)
5.	Karnataka	1884	Karnataka	Bengaluru (Bench at Dharwad and Gulbarga)
6.	Patna	1916	Bihar	Patna
7.	Jammu & Kashmir	1928	Jammu & Kashmir	Sri Nagar & Jammu
8.	Punjab & Haryana	1947	Punjab, Haryana , Chandigarh	Chandigarh
9.	Guwahati	1948	Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh	Guwahati (Bench at Kohima, Aizawl and Itanagar
10.	Orissa	1948	Orissa	Cuttack
11.	Rajasthan	1949	Rajasthan	Jodhpur ( Bench – Jaipur)
12.	Madhya Pradesh	1956	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur (Bench –Indore , Gwalior)
13.	Kerala	1958	Kerala & Lakshadweep	Ernakulam
14.	Gujarat	1960	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
15.	Delhi	1966	Delhi	Delhi
16.	Himachal Pradesh	1966	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
17.	Sikkim	1975	Sikkim	Gangtok
18.	Chhattisgarh	2000	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur
19.	Uttarakhand	2000	Uttarakhand	Nainital
20.	Jharkhand	2000	Jharkhand	Ranchi
21.	Tripura	2013	Tripura	Agartala
22.	Manipur	2013	Manipur	Imphal
23.	Meghalaya	2013	Meghalaya	Shillong
24.	Andhra Pradesh	2019	Andhra Pradesh	Amravati
25.	Telangana	2019	Telangana	Hyderabad

Appointment of the Judges

Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President with the consultation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Governor of the State.

Qualifications for the Judges

• In order to be a judge in Hgh court, candidates should be a citizen of India.
• Candidate must have been an advocate in one or more High Courts in India or a judge for at least 10 years in subordinate courts in India.

Tenure of a Judge

• 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.

Removal of the Judges

• A judge may leave his office by resigning. The judge needs to send the 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.
• The judge of a High Court can also be removed from its position by the judge of the Supreme Court. The judge of High Court can be removed by the President, if the Parliament passes a motion against the judge by an absolute majority of the members present and voting, both the Houses sitting separately.

Salary of High Court Judge

• The Chief Justice of India will now get a monthly salary of Rs 2.80 lakh, up from the present Rs one lakh. Similarly, judges of the Supreme Court and chief justices of high courts will draw a monthly salary of Rs 2.50 lakh, up from the current Rs 90,000, according to the Act notified by the law ministry.

High Courts in India FAQs

Q1. How many high courts are there in India 2020?

Ans: There are 25 High Courts in India

Q2. Who pays salary of High Court judges?

Ans: There shall be paid to the Chief Justice of a High Court.

Q3. Which Indian state has high court?

Ans: Jammu and Kashmir is Indian state has high court.

Q4. Who was the first judge of India?

Ans: the first judge of India is H. J. Kania.

Q5. How many types of courts are there in India?

Ans: three types of courts are there in India.

So this was complete list of High Courts in India. This is very important for the different competitive exams. Hence utmost care must be taken while going through this list.

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