Q. Consider the following statements regarding High courts in India:
1. The Constitution of India provides for the establishment of a common high court for 2 or more states.
2. The territorial jurisdiction of a high court is co-terminus with the territory of the concerned state.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. The Constitution of India provides for the establishment of a common high court for 2 or more states. The Constitution of India provides that there shall be one high court for each state. However, the establishment of a common high court for two or more states or for two or more states and a UT is provided by 7th Amendment act of 1956.
Statement 2 is correct. The territorial jurisdiction of a High Court is co-terminus with the territory of a state. But the Parliament can extend the jurisdiction of a High Court to any Union Territory or exclude the jurisdiction of a High Court from any Union Territory.
