The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has permanent Benches at which two places?
- A.Bhopal and Indore
- B.Indore and Gwalior
- C.Rewa and Bhopal
- D.Gwalior and Ujjain
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Indore and Gwalior. When the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted at Jabalpur on 1 November 1956, permanent Benches were provided at Indore and at Gwalior, and they have functioned there since.
Option A is wrong because Bhopal, the capital, has no Bench of the High Court, even though the former Bhopal state had its own High Court before 1956. Option C is wrong for the same reason and because Rewa, which was the seat of the High Court of Vindhya Pradesh before reorganisation, did not get a Bench when that court was merged into the new one. Option D is wrong because Ujjain, for all its importance as a religious and historical city, has no Bench. The arrangement is explained by history: the state of 1956 was assembled from the Central Provinces with its court at Nagpur, Madhya Bharat with its court at Gwalior, Vindhya Pradesh with its court at Rewa and Bhopal with its own court, and Indore and Gwalior were the two centres retained as Benches.
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Practice Questions
View allWhere is the principal seat of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Indore
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Gwalior
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The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, where it was constituted on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Read the full explanation →The court that is today the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was first established in 1936 under which name?
- A.Nagpur High Court
- B.Madhya Bharat High Court
- C.Vindhya Pradesh High Court
- D.Jabalpur High Court
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It was established on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent as the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur for the Central Provinces and Berar, which until then had been under a Judicial Commissioner rather than a High Court.
Read the full explanation →On which date was the High Court of Madhya Pradesh constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur?
- A.2 January 1936
- B.26 January 1950
- C.1 November 1956
- D.1 November 2000
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The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the state of Madhya Pradesh from that date out of the Central Provinces and Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, and the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior.
Read the full explanation →The High Court of Chhattisgarh, created when the state was separated from Madhya Pradesh, has its seat at which city?
- A.Raipur
- B.Bilaspur
- C.Durg
- D.Jagdalpur
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Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the High Court of Chhattisgarh was established at Bilaspur, so the districts of that region ceased to be under the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur.
Read the full explanation →Where is the office of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Jabalpur
- C.Indore
- D.Gwalior
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The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission was set up in 1956, when the state itself was formed, and its office is at Indore.
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