Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Calcutta High Court
The correct answer is Calcutta High Court. - The Calcutta High Court is the oldest in India.
- It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The High Court building's design is based on the Cloth Hall, Ypres, in Belgium.
- The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 72
| Bombay High Court | - Established: 14 August 1862
- Chief justice: Dipankar Datta
| | Allahabad High Court | - Established: 17 March 1866 (in Agra) and then 1869 (in Allahabad)
- Chief justice: Govind Mathur
| | Madras High Court | - Established: 15 August 1862
- Chief justice: Sanjib Banerjee
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- Calcutta High Court was established as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William on July 1, 1862, under the High Courts Act, 1861.
- Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of the High Court.
- The current Chief justice of Calcutta high court is T. B. Radhakrishnan.
- Manjula Chellur is the first woman chief justice of the Kolkata High Court.
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