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After Indian independence, the Assam Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution on 9 September 1947 that a High Court be established for the Province of Assam. In exercise of power conferred by the Government of India Act 1935, the Governor General of India on 1 March 1948 promulgated the Assam High Court Order, 1948, establishing the High Court of Assam.
The absolute sanctioned number of judges was 34 in Supreme Court, 1108 in high courts, and 24,631 in district courts. [16] The law commission of India and Justice V S Malimath Committee had recommended in the past to raise the number of judges to 50 judges per million population, or 20,000 population per judge.
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, brought into existence on 14 May 1862. [2] High courts that handle numerous cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits.
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 1 January 2025, 371 of the seats, about 33% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts. There are 25 High Courts in the country with seven of them having multiple jurisdictions. The High Courts manage a system of sub-ordinate courts headed by the various District and Session Courts in their ...
Assam Lok Adalat or Assam State Legal Services Authority (People's Court) is an statutory and autonomous body and an alternative dispute resolution mechanism used in the state of Assam. The Assam Lok Adalat Act is designed to provide constitutional protection guaranteed under Article 14 and 39-A of the Constitution of India , of "ACCESS TO ...
In 1999, he became a senior counsel at the High Court. [38] He was made a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court on 28 February 2001. During his tenure at the Gauhati High Court, he decided to combine similar cases at the court and hear them together. [39] Around 10,000 cases of the education department of Assam were resolved in this way.
High Courts may enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters if so designated in a state or federal law. For example, company law cases are instituted only in a high court. The primary work of most High Courts consists of deciding appeals from lower courts, and writs in terms of Article 226 of the Constitution. Writ jurisdiction is also an ...