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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.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Madhya Pradesh which is located in Jabalpur. It was established as the Nagpur High Court on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent dated 2 January 1936, issued under Section 108 the Government of India Act, 1935. This Letters Patent continued in force even after the adoption of the ...
The High Court Bar Association of Nagpur and District Bar Association of Nagpur staged protests and even filed a PIL in Nagpur High Court against this move. [12] The Government was forced to allow the establishment of an NLU in Nagpur. [13] The Bill to govern NLUs was tabled in the Nagpur session of the assembly in 2013 for the first time. [14]
Nagpur has a district court and its own bench of the Bombay High Court which was established on 9 January 1936. The city consists of six Vidhan Sabha constituencies namely Nagpur West , Nagpur South , Nagpur South West , Nagpur East , Nagpur North and Nagpur Central .
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 27 January 2025, 367 of the seats, about 32.71% 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 ...
Ashok Abhaiendra Desai (24 June 1942 – 9 February 2006) was a former judge of the Bombay High Court and the Allahabad High Court. [1] [2] He also served as the first chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court between 2000 and 2003. [3]
He is a former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. [3] He is also the former Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. He had a tenure of eight years in the Supreme Court of India and retired on 23 April 2021. [4] On 24 April 2021, N. V. Ramana succeeded him as the CJI ...
Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823 6 Sir Edward West [5] [6] 1823: first year was in the Recorder's Court 7 Sir James Dewar [5] 1829: 8 Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton [5] 1831: 9 Sir John Wither Awdry [5] 1839: 10 Sir Henry Roper [5] 1840: 11 Sir David Pollock [5] 1846: 12 Sir Thomas Erskine Perry [5] 1847: 13 Sir William Yardley ...