Constitution 241 — High Courts for Union territories

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

(1) Parliament may by law
constitute a High Court for a Union territory or declare any court in any
such territory to be a High Court for all or any of the purposes of this
Constitution.
(2) The provisions of Chapter V of Part VI shall apply in relation to
every High Court referred to in clause (1) as they apply in relation to a High
Court referred to in article 214 subject to such modifications or exceptions as
Parliament may by law provide.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to the provisions
of any law of the appropriate Legislature made by virtue of powers conferred
on that Legislature by or under this Constitution, every High Court exercising
jurisdiction immediately before the commencement of the Constitution
(Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, in relation to any Union territory shall
continue to exercise such jurisdiction in relation to that territory after such
commencement.
(4) Nothing in this article derogates from the power of Parliament to
extend or exclude the jurisdiction of a High Court for a State to, or from, any
Union territory or part thereof.
242. [Coorg..—Omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act,
1956, s. 29 and Sch.(w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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