Constitution of India, 1949
241.High Courts for Union territories.-
(1) Parliament may by law constitute a High
Court for a Union territory or declare any court in any such territory to be a
High Court for all or any of the purposes of this Constitution.
(2) The provisions of Chapter V of Part VI
shall apply in relation to every High Court referred to in clause (1) as they
apply in relation to a High Court referred to in Article 214 subject to such
modifications or exceptions as Parliament may by law provide.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this
Constitution and to the provisions of any law of the appropriate Legislature
made by virtue of powers conferred on that Legislature by or under this
Constitution, every High Court exercising jurisdiction immediately before the
commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, in relation to
any Union territory shall continue to exercise such jurisdiction in relation to
that territory after such commencement.
(4) Nothing in this article derogates from the
power of parliament to extend or exclude the jurisdiction of a High Court for a
State to, or from, any Union territory or part thereof.