| Name | Year | Territorial establishment jurisdiction | Seat |
| Bombay | 1862 | Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Bombay (Benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad) |
| Calcutta | 1862 | West Bengal | Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair) |
| Madras | 1862 | Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry | Madras |
| Allahabad | 1866 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) |
| Karnataka(1) | 1884 | Karnataka | Bangalore |
| Patna | 1916 | Bihar | Patna (Bench at Ranchi) |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 1928 | Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar & Jammu |
| Guwahati(2) | 1948 | Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland,Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh | Guwahati (Benches at Kohima, Aizwal & Imphal. Circuit Bench at Agartala & Shillong) |
| Orissa | 1948 | Orissa | Cuttack |
| Rajasthan | 1949 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur (Bench at Jaipur) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1956 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur (Benches at Gwalior and Indore) |
| Kerala | 1958 | Kerala & Lakshadweep | Ernakulam |
| Gujarat | 1960 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Delhi | 1966 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1971 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| Punjab & Haryana(3) | 1975 | Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Sikkim | 1975 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
1. Originally known as Mysore High Court, renamed as Karnataka High Court in 1973.
2. Originally known as the Assam High Court, renamed as Guwahati High Court in 1971.
3. Originally known as Punjab High Court, renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court in 1966.