Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur

The Jabalpur High Court is a high court having jurisdiction over the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh since 1956. It was established on 1 November 1956.LocationThe Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at Civil Lines, Jabalpur, MP. The Geo-co-ordinates for the location are: Latitude = 23.1708, Longitude = 79.9489, Lat = 23 degrees,10.2 minutes North, Long = 79 degrees,m56.9 minutes EastHistoryMadhya Pradesh originally created as central province on 2 November 1861,as judicial commissions territory. The judicial Commissioners court at Nagpur was the highest court at that time and got converted to Governor's province in 1921 and became full fledged.On 1 November 1956 the States Reorganisation act was enacted and Madhya Pradesh was constituted under S.9,Subsection(1) of Section 49 of States Reorganisation Act. The High Court exercising jurisdiction in the existing state of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Nagpur High Court, was deemed to be the high court for the state. Thus Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal fiction became High Court for the new State of Madhya Pradesh with its seat at Jabalpur.Two Temporary benches of High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted at Indore and Gwalior by the order of Hon'ble the Chief Justice dated 1 November 1956. Later, by a Presidential Notification dated 28 November 1968, issued in the exercise of Powers conferred by the Subsection(2) of section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act 1956, permanent benches of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore and Gwalior were established.