1. Historical Background
2. Constitutional Provisions
3. Strength of a High Courts
4. Appointment of High Court Judges
5. Cases Regarding the Appointment of Judges of the High Court
6. Qualifications, Oath and Salaries
7. Tenure of Judges of the High Court
8. Impeachment of Judges of the High Court
9. Transfer of Judges
10. Independence of the High Court
11. Jurisdiction and Powers of the High Courts
12. How many High Courts are there in India?
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Topic – High Court (Notes)
Subject – Political Science
(Constitution of India)
Table of Contents
High Court occupies the top position in the judicial administration of a state. In the integrated judicial system, the high court operates below the Supreme Court but above the subordinate courts. Articles 214 to 231 in Part VI of the Constitution deal with the organisation, independence, jurisdiction, powers, and procedures of the high courts. There are total 25 High courts in India.
Historical Background
- The institution of High courts originated in India in 1862 when high courts were set up at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay under the Indian High Courts Act 1861.
- In 1966, a fourth high court was established at Allahabad.
- In the course of time ,each province came to have its own high court.
- After 1950, a high court existing in a province became the high court for the corresponding state.
- The Constitution has prescribed a high court for each state, but the Seventh Amendment Act of 1956 authorised the Parliament to establish a common high court for two or more states or for two or more states and a union territory.
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