A High Court is a court of record with the power to punish for its contempt under which Article?

The correct answer is B, Article 215. It says that every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself. A court of record is one whose proceedings are recorded for perpetual memory and may be used as evidence, and whose decisions bind the courts below it.

Option A, Article 129, says the same thing for the Supreme Court, and the pair 129 and 215 is a classic matching question. Option C, Article 218, applies the provisions on the removal of Supreme Court judges to the judges of a High Court, so it is about removal and not about contempt. Option D, Article 227, gives the High Court superintendence over all courts and tribunals within the state, which is an administrative power of control rather than a power of punishment. Remember that the contempt power under Article 215 flows from the Constitution itself, so a High Court can punish for contempt even without a statute, and the Contempt of Courts Act only regulates the procedure.