High Court of India

High Court of India

The High Court of a state is the highest court of the States and all other courts of the State works under it. Normally there is one High Court in every State but there can be only one High Court for two or more States as well, according to the Constitution. There is one High Court at Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh. Similarly there is one High Court at Gauhati which serves for Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Composition :
                   In every High Court, there is a Chief Justice and many other judges whose numbers is defined by the President of India.

Appointment of the Judges :
                            The Chief Justice of a High Court are appointed by the President with the consultation of the  Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Governor of the State. The other judges are appointed by the will of President, Governor, and the Chief Justice of High Court.

Qualification for the Judges :

1. He should be a citizen of India.
2. He should have been an advocate in one ore more High Court in India or a judge for at least 10 years in subordinate Courts in India.                                                     

Tenure :

         Orginally 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.

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