(a) the details of the benches of various High Courts set up in the country, location-wise;
(b) whether the Government propose to set up more benches of various High Courts in the country; and
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise/location-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION &
BROADCASTING (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND THE MINISTER
OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE & COMPANY
AFFAIRS (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY):
(a): The requisite information is laid on the Table
of the House.
(b) & (c): A permanent Bench of the Gauhati High
Court is proposed to be set up at Itanagar with effect from
August 12, 2000. The Gauhati High Court (Establishment of
a Permanent Bench at Itanagar) Order 2000 has been notified
on July 18, 2000. Besides this, the State Government of
Tamil Nadu and the Madras High Court have conveyed that
they are agreeable to setting up a permanent Bench at
Madurai. Necessary action in the matter will be taken by
the Central Government after the infrastructural facilities
like Court Buildings etc. are completed by the State
Government to the satisfaction of the Chief Justice of the
Madras High Court.
No complete proposal has been received from any other
State Government for establishing a permanent Bench of the
concerned High Court.
Statement in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2906 for answer on
August 10, 2000.
S.No. High Court Location of Bench
1. Allahabad Lucknow
2. Andhra Pradesh -
3. Bombay Nagpur, Aurangabad, Panaji(Goa)
4. Calcutta Port Blair
5. Delhi - 6. Gauhati Kohima Aizawl Imphal Agartala Shillong
7 Gujarat -
8. Himachal Pradesh -
9. Jammu & Kashmir - 10. Karnataka - 11. Kerala - 12. Madhya Pradesh Gwalior Indore 13. Madras - 14. Orissa - 15. Patna Ranchi. 16. Punjab & Haryana - 17. Rajasthan Jaipur. 18. Sikkim -