High Courts — Policy Reforms

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
7th Amendment	1956	Reorganized states and territories, leading to restructuring of High Court jurisdictions to align with new state boundaries. Several High Courts were reorganized to serve reorganized states, and new arrangements were made for union territories.	Established the framework for High Courts serving multiple states and created precedent for flexible High Court jurisdiction arrangements based on administrative needs rather than rigid state-wise divisions.
15th Amendment	1963	Extended High Court jurisdiction to union territories and provided for establishment of common High Courts for multiple states or union territories, giving constitutional recognition to shared High Court arrangements.	Enabled efficient judicial administration by allowing single High Courts to serve multiple smaller states or union territories, reducing administrative costs while ensuring access to justice.
42nd Amendment	1976	Attempted to curtail High Court jurisdiction by inserting provisions that administrative tribunals could exclude High Court writ jurisdiction, though this was later struck down by the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar case.	Though largely unsuccessful due to judicial intervention, highlighted tensions between executive desire for administrative efficiency and judicial insistence on constitutional jurisdiction and access to justice.