Constitution of India · Part VI: The States · States
Article 216: Constitution of High Courts
In plain words
Every High Court consists of a Chief Justice and such other Judges as the President considers it necessary to appoint from time to time.
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Official text
Every High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and such other Judges as the President may from time to time deem it necessary to appoint. * * * * *
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 216
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Justice Shailendra Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
(1) Whether Judges of the High Court appointed from the District Judiciary can be denied subscription to the General Provident Fund (GPF) on the basis of their previous service under the New Pension Scheme (NPS); and…
- Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors.
- Lok Prahari Through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors.
- Registrar Gen., High Court of Judicature at Madras v. R. Perachi & Ors.
- N. Kannadasan v. Ajoy Khose and Others
- Jamshed N. Guzdar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- M.T. Khan and Ors. v. Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
- Jamal Uddin Ahmad v. Abu Saleh Najmuddin and Anr.
- Special Reference No. I of 1998 v. -----
- Union of India and Anr. v. S.P. Anand and Ors.
- High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan v. Ramesh Chand Paliwal and Anr.
- The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Its Registrar v. Raj Kishore Yadav and Ors.
- Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab
- Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Anr. v. Union of India