High Courts of India

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court system judicial institution

The High Courts of India are the principal civil and criminal appellate courts at the state and union territory level, functioning below the Supreme Court and overseeing the administration of justice within their respective jurisdictions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
High Courts of India canonical	16
High Courts in India	3
High Court of a state in India	1
High Courts of the states	1
Higher judiciary of India	1
Indian High Courts	1
below Supreme Court of India	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial institution ⓘ
appealLiesTo	Supreme Court of India ⓘ
appointmentAuthorityForJudges	President of India ⓘ
canFrameRules	rules for practice and procedure of the High Court and subordinate courts ⓘ
canIssueWrit	certiorari ⓘ habeas corpus ⓘ mandamus ⓘ prohibition ⓘ quo warranto ⓘ
canUseOfficialLanguage	official language of the state as permitted by law ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Articles 214 to 231 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
consultationForJudicialAppointments	Chief Justice of India ⓘ Chief Justice of the concerned High Court ⓘ Governor of the concerned state ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
establishedUnder	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ surface form: Government of India Act 1935 (for several pre-Constitution High Courts) High Courts Act 1861 ⓘ surface form: Indian High Courts Act 1861 (for the earliest High Courts)
governedBy	Constitution of India ⓘ
hasAdministrativeControlOver	subordinate judiciary within their territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
hasContemptPower	power to punish for contempt of court ⓘ
hasPower	appellate jurisdiction over civil cases ⓘ appellate jurisdiction over criminal cases ⓘ original jurisdiction in certain civil and constitutional matters ⓘ power of judicial review within their territorial jurisdiction ⓘ supervisory jurisdiction over subordinate courts ⓘ writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
headOfInstitutionTitle	Chief Justice ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	state level ⓘ union territory level ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English (generally) ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
minimumNumberOfJudges	Chief Justice plus other judges as determined by the President ⓘ
nature	courts of record ⓘ
oversees	civil courts in its jurisdiction ⓘ criminal courts in its jurisdiction ⓘ district courts in its jurisdiction ⓘ sessions courts in its jurisdiction ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	above district and subordinate courts in India ⓘ below the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
postConstitutionStatus	continued and created as constitutional courts under the Constitution of India ⓘ
primaryFunction	principal civil appellate courts at the state and union territory level ⓘ principal criminal appellate courts at the state and union territory level ⓘ superintendence over all courts and tribunals within their territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
roleInJudicialAppointments	recommendation of candidates for subordinate judiciary ⓘ
roleInLegalProfession	enrolment and regulation of advocates through Bar Councils (indirectly via rules and practice) ⓘ
subjectAreaOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ civil law ⓘ company law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ service law ⓘ tax law ⓘ writ matters ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

subject surface form: High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Supreme Court of India → hasAppellateJurisdictionOver → High Courts of India ⓘ

Gauhati High Court → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

Article 239 of the Constitution of India → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Courts in India

Karnataka High Court → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

Himachal Pradesh High Court → isOneOf → High Courts of India ⓘ

Madhya Pradesh High Court → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

Delhi High Court → isPartOf → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Higher judiciary of India

Delhi High Court → rankInJudicialHierarchy → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: below Supreme Court of India

Article 79 of the Constitution of India → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Courts in India

Article 315 of the Constitution of India → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

Army Act, 1950 → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

judicial branch of India → includesCourt → High Courts of India ⓘ

Meghalaya High Court → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

Tripura High Court → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

High Courts Act 1861 → relatedTo → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian High Courts

Part VIII of the Constitution of India → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Courts in India

Emblem of Rajasthan High Court → levelOfCourt → High Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of a state in India

Area Courts → supervisingCourt → High Courts of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Area Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: High Courts of the states

Jharkhand High Court → isOneOf → High Courts of India ⓘ

Article 15 of the Constitution of India → enforceableBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

Article 17 of the Constitution of India → enforceableBy → High Courts of India ⓘ

HPHC → category → High Courts of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Constitution of India, Article 214 → interpretedBy → High Courts of India ⓘ