Article 215: High Courts to be courts of record

Part III: Fundamental Rights

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.

Draft Constitution 1948

Article 192, Draft Constitution 1948

Every High Court shall be a court of record and shall consist of a Chief Justice and such other judges as the President may from time to time deem it necessary to appoint: Provided that the judges so appointed together with any additional judges appointed by the President in accordance with the following provisions of this Chapter shall at no time exceed in number such maximum as the President may by order fix in relation to that Court.

Constitution of India 1950

Article 215, Constitution of India 1950

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.