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*India’s first court to be powered by Solar Energy
Ans : Kunti district court (Jharkhand)
*Article 226 of the Constitution empowers the High Court to issue writs not only for enforcement of fundamental rights but also for any other purpose.
*Thus the writ jurisdiction of the High Court is wider than that of the Supreme Court. This is because, the Supreme Court can issue writs only for the enforcement of fundamental rights and not for any other purpose.
*A death sentence (capital punishment) awarded by a sessions court or an additional sessions court should be confirmed by the High Court before it can be executed.
*At present there are 24 High courts in India.
*Delhi is the only one Union Territory having a High Court of its own.
*The oldest High court in India
Ans : Calcutta High Court
*The High Court having most number of Judges
Ans : Allahabad High Court
*First woman Chief Justice of a High Court
Ans : Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh),
*First woman to become a judge of a High court
Ans : Anna Chandi (Kerala High Court)
*First Woman Magistrate in India
Ans : Omana Kunjamma
*First woman Advocate in India
Ans : Cornelia Sorabji
*First woman Advocate in India
Ans : Cornelia Sorabji
*First Indian to become a Judge of a High Court
Ans : Sambhunath Pandit (1863, Calcutta High.Court)
*First Indian to become the Chief Justice of a High Court
Ans : P.B. Chakravarthi (Calcutta High Court)
*First Cyber Forensic Laboratory in India was set up in Tripura High Court (2013)
