Constitution of India · Part VI: The States · States

Article 214: High Courts for States

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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the article 214

• Priya Indoria v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
  2023 INSC 100820 November 2023Disposed of

  Whether the power of the High Court or the Court of Session to grant anticipatory bail u/s 438 CrPC could be exercised with respect to an FIR registered outside the territorial jurisdict ion of the said Court; and…

• Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and
  2023 INSC 51911 May 2023Dismissed
• Shah Newaz Khan v. State of Nagaland
  2023 INSC 17628 February 2023Appeal(s) allowed
• Lok Prahari Through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
  2021 INSC 26120 April 2021Directions issued
• Balkrishna Ram v. Union of India and Anr.
  2020 INSC 269 January 2020Dismissed
• Central Public Information Officer, v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal
  2019 INSC 123313 November 2019Disposed of
• Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Another v. Union of India
  2015 INSC 28516 October 2015
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another
  2014 INSC 68525 September 2014Disposed of
• P. Ramakrishnam Raju v. Union of India & Ors.
  2014 INSC 22931 March 2014Disposed of
• Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise v. M/S. Hongo India (P) Ltd. & Anr.
  2009 INSC 41427 March 2009Dismissed
• State of Uttaranchal and Ors. v. Sidharth Srivastava and Ors.
  2003 INSC 2995 June 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• Jamal Uddin Ahmad v. Abu Saleh Najmuddin and Anr.
  2003 INSC 13228 February 2003Dismissed
• V.S. Mallimath v. Union of India and Anr.
  2001 INSC 15621 March 2001Dismissed
• Federation of Bar Associations in Karnataka v. Union of India
  2000 INSC 35024 July 2000Dismissed
• High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan v. Ramesh Chand Paliwal and Anr.
  1998 INSC 10519 February 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Its Registrar v. Raj Kishore Yadav and Ors.
  1997 INSC 18624 February 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India v. Pratibha Banerjee and Anr.
  1995 INSC 76121 November 1995Dismissed
• Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab
  1994 INSC 11211 March 1994Disposed of