Constitution of India · Part VI: The States · States

Article 215: High Courts to be courts of record

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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 215

• Shanmugam @ Lakshminarayanan v. High Court of Madras
  2025 INSC 6191 May 2025Dismissed

  Whether the charge of criminal contempt is proved against the appellants-contemnors beyond all reasonable doubt; whether the conviction of the appellants by the High Court for criminal contempt of Court and the sentence…

• S. Tirupathi Rao v. M. Lingamaiah & Ors.
  2024 INSC 54422 July 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  1. Whether the High Court has, in the impugned judgment, exercised the jurisdiction of review in accordance with the parameters set out in Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure? 2. Whether the High Court has, in the…

• Amit Kumar Das, Joint Secretary, Baitanik, A Registered Society v. Shrimati Hutheesingh Tagore Charitable Trust
  2024 INSC 7330 January 2024Partly allowed

  Scope and extent of the contempt jurisdiction exercised by a High Court under Article 215 of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

• In Re: Perry Kansagra v. In Re: Perry Kansagra
  2022 INSC 11613 November 2022Directions issued
• Smriti Madan Kansagra v. Perry Kansagra
  2021 INSC 6327 October 2021Disposed of
• In Re: Prashant Bhushan and Anr. v. In Re:
  2020 INSC 48931 August 2020Disposed of
• Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re:
  2020 INSC 37327 April 2020Directions issued
• Benedict Denis Kinny v. Tulip Brian Miranda & Ors.
  2020 INSC 32019 March 2020Dismissed
• Balkrishna Ram v. Union of India and Anr.
  2020 INSC 269 January 2020Dismissed
• National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2019 INSC 35312 March 2019Dismissed
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Anr. v. Pratibha Industries Ltd. & Ors.
  2018 INSC 11514 December 2018Disposed of
• Union of India v. Moolchand Khairati Ram Trust
  2018 INSC 5939 July 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.V. Central Bureau of Investigation v. Central Bureau of Investigation
  2018 INSC 28228 March 2018Directions issued
• Rajiv Dawar v. High Court of Delhi
  2017 INSC 67226 July 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• In Re, Hon'Ble Shri Justice C. S. Karnan v. .
  2017 INSC 4559 May 2017Disposed of
• Vitusah Oberoi and Ors. v. Court of Its Own Motion
  2017 INSC 42 January 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors
  2016 INSC 101911 November 2016Directions issued
• Maheshwar Peri & Others v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Registrar General
  2016 INSC 48030 June 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• E. Bapanaiah v. Sri K.S. Raju Etc.
  2014 INSC 7657 November 2014Disposed of
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another
  2014 INSC 68525 September 2014Disposed of
• Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Arun Shourie
  2014 INSC 50623 July 2014Dismissed
• Ram Niranjan Roy v. State of Bihar and Ors.
  2014 INSC 23031 March 2014Disposed of
• Rajeshwar Singh v. Subrata Roy Sahara & Ors.
  2013 INSC 8129 December 2013Disposed of
• Ashok Kumar Aggarwal v. Neeraj Kumar & Anr.
  2013 INSC 77122 November 2013Disposed of
• Manoj H. Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.
  2013 INSC 2279 April 2013Dismissed
• R.K. Anand v. Registrar, Delhi High Court
  2012 INSC 52321 November 2012Disposed of
• Sahara India Real Estate Corp. Ltd. & Ors. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India & Anr.
  2012 INSC 38811 September 2012Disposed of
• R. Mohajan & Ors. v. Shefali Sengupta & Ors.
  2012 INSC 15530 March 2012Appeal(s) allowed
• H.G. Rangangoud v. M/S. State Trading Corporation of India Limited & Ors.
  2011 INSC 79211 November 2011Appeal(s) allowed
• Muthu Karuppan v. Parithi Llamvazhuthi and Anr.
  2011 INSC 30315 April 2011Appeal(s) allowed
• R.S. Sujatha v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
  2010 INSC 83229 November 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• Biman Basu v. Kallol Guha Thakurta & Anr.
  2010 INSC 54025 August 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• Hari Singh Nagra & Ors. v. Kapil Sibal & Ors.
  2010 INSC 40615 July 2010Disposed of
• Amicus Curie v. Prashant Bhushan & Anr.
  2010 INSC 40314 July 2010Hearing Adjourned
• S.K. Dasgupta & Ors. v. Vijay Singh Sengar & Ors.
  2010 INSC 2755 May 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• Sahdeo @ Sahdeo Singh v. State of U.P. and Ors.
  2010 INSC 11523 February 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• R.K. Anand v. Registrar, Delhi High Court
  2009 INSC 95929 July 2009Disposed of
• Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise v. M/S. Hongo India (P) Ltd. & Anr.
  2009 INSC 41427 March 2009Dismissed
• Leila David v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2009 INSC 37320 March 2009Matter referred to larger bench
• Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Share Holders Welfare Association v. S.C. Sekar and Ors.
  2008 INSC 14065 December 2008Dismissed
• Special Deputy Collector (L.A.) v. N. Vasudevrao and Ors.
  2007 INSC 119728 November 2007Disposed of
• All Bengal Excise Licensees Association v. Raghabendra Singh and Ors.
  2007 INSC 2709 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• High Court of A.P. v. Spl. Deputy Collector (La) A.P. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 2402 March 2007Disposed of
• Milkmen Colony Vikas Samiti v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
  2007 INSC 4917 January 2007Directions issued
• Hamza Haji v. State of Kerala and Anr.
  2006 INSC 51718 August 2006Dismissed
• Midnapore Peoples' Co-Op. Bank Ltd. and Ors. v. Chunilal Nanda and Ors.
  2006 INSC 36725 May 2006Disposed of
• Director of Education, Uttaranchal and Ors. v. Ved Prakash Joshi and Ors.
  2005 INSC 29615 July 2005Appeal(s) allowed
• Bal Thackrey v. Harish Pimpalkhute and Anr.
  2004 INSC 68029 November 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• Prithawi Nath Ram v. State of Jharkhand and Ors.
  2004 INSC 46924 August 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• Bar Council of India v. High Court of Kerala
  2004 INSC 31127 April 2004Dismissed
• Jhareswar Prasad Paul and Anr. v. Tarak Nath Ganguly and Ors.
  2002 INSC 2718 May 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• In Re: Arundhati Roy - Contemnor v. -
  2002 INSC 1236 March 2002Disposed of
• Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi and Ors.
  2001 INSC 37116 August 2001Dismissed
• Pallav Sheth v. Custodian and Ors.
  2001 INSC 35310 August 2001Dismissed
• T. Sudhakar Prasad Etc. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
  2000 INSC 59513 December 2000Disposed of
• M.M. Thomas v. State of Kerala and Anr
  2000 INSC 56 January 2000Dismissed
• Chetak Construction Ltd. v. Om Prakash and Ors.
  1998 INSC 18820 April 1998Disposed of
• Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India
  1998 INSC 18317 April 1998Allowed
• State of U.P. and Ors. v. Ashok Kumar Saxena and Anr Etc.
  1998 INSC 604 February 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• The Commissioner, Agra and Ors. v. Rohtas Singh and Ors.
  1997 INSC 7999 December 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• T.Deen Dayal v. The High Court of Andhra Pradesh
  1997 INSC 64710 September 1997Dismissed
• L. Chandra Kumar Etc. Etc. v. The Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1997 INSC 28818 March 1997Disposed of
• The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Its Registrar v. Raj Kishore Yadav and Ors.
  1997 INSC 18624 February 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Executive Director Ttd and Anr. v. D. Nagulu Naidu
  1996 INSC 13027 November 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Dr. D.C. Saxena v. Honble the Chief Justice of India
  1996 INSC 75319 July 1996Disposed of
• State of Maharashtra v. Mahboob S. Allibhoy and Anr.
  1996 INSC 50410 April 1996Dismissed
• U.P. Sales Tax Assn. v. Taxation Bar Association and Ors.
  1995 INSC 5251 September 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• In Re: Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner) v. In Re : Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner)
  1995 INSC 17910 March 1995Disposed of
• Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab
  1994 INSC 11211 March 1994Disposed of
• M.V. Elisabeth and Ors. v. Harwan Investment and Trading Pvt. Ltd., Hanoekar House, Swatontapeth, Vasco-De-Gama, Goa
  1992 INSC 6026 February 1992Dismissed
• Pritam Pal v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Through Registrar
  1992 INSC 5419 February 1992Dismissed
• Delhi Judicial Service Association Tis Hazari Court, Delhi Etc. Etc. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1991 INSC 22511 September 1991Disposed of