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Q139 (NDA-I/2026) Polity & Governance › Judiciary

With reference to the territorial jurisdictions of High Courts in India, consider the following pairs :

High Courts Territorial Jurisdictions
I. Calcutta High Court Lakshadweep
II. Madras High Court Puducherry
III. Gauhati High Court Manipur
IV. Kerala High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Result
Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: A

Explanation

Only pair II is correctly matched. The territorial jurisdictions of the mentioned High Courts are as follows:

  • Calcutta High Court: Its jurisdiction extends over West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
  • Madras High Court: Its jurisdiction extends over Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. (Correctly matched)
  • Gauhati High Court: Its jurisdiction extends over Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura established their own independent High Courts in 2013.
  • Kerala High Court: Its jurisdiction extends over Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

Since only pair II is correct, the answer is 'One'.

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