Admiralty Courts in India 

The only Courts statutorily empowered to exercise admiralty jurisdiction in India are certain designated High Courts who derive their power pursuant to the Letters Patent. These are principally the High Courts of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta and pursuant to the States Reorganisation Act, the High Court of Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh are also included as Admiralty Courts.

Bombay High Court is preferred for several reasons as order of Bombay High Court can be executed anywhere in Indian territorial waters. Bombay High Court has Pan-India jurisdiction means a ship can be arrested anywhere in Indian waters with the order of arrest passed by the Bombay High Court while there are restrictions at Gujarat, Madras, Calcutta and Andhra Pradesh High Courts.

HIGH COURTS IN INDIA, not all are vested with Admiralty Jurisdiction
 
a. Bombay High Court (Mumbai)
is vested with admiralty jurisdiction. A ship anywhere in Indian territorial waters can be arrested by order from Bombay High Court.

b. Calcutta High Court (Kolkata)
is vested with admiralty jurisdiction. Only ship at West Bengal waters can be arrested by order from Calcutta High Court.

c. Madras High Court (Chennai)
is vested with admiralty jurisdiction. Only vessels at Tamil Nadu waters can be arrested by order from Madras High Court.

d. Gujarat High Court
is vested with admiralty jurisdiction. Only vessels at Gujarat waters can be arrested by order from Gujarat High Court and also cause of action or a part of cause of action should have arisen within jurisdiction of the court over and apart from the vessel being in Gujarat waters.

e. Andhra Pradesh High Court
is vested with admiralty jurisdiction. Only vessels at Andhra Pradesh waters can be arrested by order from Andhra Pradesh High Court.

f. Allahabad High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction.There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

g. Chattisgarh High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

h. Delhi High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction.

i. Gauhati High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

j. Himachal Pradesh High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

k. Imphal High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

l. Jammu & Kashmir High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

m. Jharkhand High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction.There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

n. Karnataka High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction.There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

o. Kerala High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

p. Madhya Pradesh High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction.There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

q. Orissa High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

r. Patna High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

s. Punjab & Haryana High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction. There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction

t. Rajasthan High Court
is not vested with admiralty jurisdiction.There is no case filed in this court invoking admiralty jurisdiction
 
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