LIST OF HIGH COURTS IN INDIA

The following are the twenty-one High Courts sorted by name, year established, Act by which it was established, jurisdiction, seat of governance (headquarters), benches (branches), and the maximum number of judges sanctioned.

Court name	Established	Act established	Jurisdiction	Seat	Benches	Jud.
Allahabad High Court[1]	1866-06-11	High Courts Act, 1861	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	Lucknow	95
Andhra Pradesh High Court	1954-07-05	Andhra State Act, 1953	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad		39
Bombay High Court	1862-08-14	High Courts Act, 1861	Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu	Mumbai	Nagpur, Panaji,Aurangabad	60
Calcutta High Court	1862-07-02	High Courts Act, 1861	West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands	kolkata	Port Blair (circuit bench)	63
Chhattisgarh High Court	2000-01-11	Madhya Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2000	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur		12
Delhi High Court[2]	1966-10-31	Delhi High Court Act, 1966	National Capital Territory of Delhi	New Delhi		36
Gauhati High Court[3]	1948-03-01	Government of India Act, 1935	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland,Tripura, Mizoram	Guwahati	Kohima, Aizwal & Imphal. Circuit Bench at Agartala& Shillong	27
Gujarat High Court	1960-05-01	Bombay Re-organsisation Act, 1960	Gujarat	Ahmedabad		42
Himachal Pradesh High Court	1971	State of H.P. Act, 1970	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla		09
Jammu and Kashmir High Court	1943-08-28	Letters Patent issued by the Maharaja of Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar &Jammu[4]		14
Jharkhand High Court	2000	Bihar Re-organisation Act, 2000	Jharkhand	Ranchi		12
Karnataka High Court[5]	1884	Mysore High Court Act, 1884	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Circuit Benches at Hubli-Dharwad & Gulbarga	40
Kerala High Court[6]	1956	States Reorganisation Act, 1956	Kerala, Lakshadweep	Kochi		40
Madhya Pradesh High Court[7]	1936-01-02	Government of India Act, 1935	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	Gwalior, Indore	42
Madras High Court	1862-08-15	High Courts Act, 1861	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry	Chennai	Madurai	47
Orissa High Court	1948-04-03	Orissa High Court Order, 1948	Orissa	Cuttack		27
Patna High Court	1916-09-02	Government of India Act, 1915	Bihar	Patna		43
Punjab and Haryana High Court[8]	1947-11-08	High Court (Punjab) Order, 1947	Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh	Chandigarh		53
Rajasthan High Court	1949-06-21	Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949	Rajasthan	Jodhpur	Jaipur	40
Sikkim High Court	1975	38th Amendment	Sikkim	Gangtok		03
Uttarakhand High Court	2000	U.P. Re-organisation Act, 2000	Uttarakhand	Nainital		09

1. ^ Originally known established at Agra. Shifted to Allahabad in 1875.
2. ^ Lahore High Court established in 1919-03-21. Jurisdiction covered undivided Punjab and Delhi. In 1947-08-11 a separate High Court of Punjab was created with its seat at Simla under the Indian Independence Act, 1947 which had jurisdiction over Punjab, Delhi and present Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. In 1966 after the reorganisation of the State of Punjab, the High Court was designated as the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The Delhi High Court was established on 1966-10-31 with its seat at Simla.
3. ^ Originally known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland, renamed as Gauhati High Court in 1971 by the North East Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
4. ^ Srinagar is the summer capital, Jammu is the winter capital.
5. ^ Originally known as Mysore High Court, renamed as Karnataka High Court in 1974.
6. ^ The High Court of Travancore-Cochin was inaugurated at Ernakulam on 7 July 1949. The state of Kerala was formed by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. That Act abolished the Travancore-Cochin High Court and created the Kerala High Court. The Act also extended the jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court to Lakshadweep.
7. ^ Under the Government of India Act, 1935 by Letters Patent dated 2-1-1936 a High Court was established at Nagpur for the Central Provinces. After the reogansiation of states, this High Court was shifted to Jabalpur in 1956.
8. ^ Originally known as Punjab High Court, renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court in 1966