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The High
Court
of
Karnataka (IAST:
Karnātaka
Ucca
N'yāyālaya,
commonly
called
the Karnataka
High
Court)
is
the High
Court of
the Indian state
of Karnataka and
thus
its
highest
judicial
authority.
The
court's
principal bench is
located
in Bengaluru,
the
capital
city
of
Karnataka,
with
additional
benches
in Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi.
It
was
previously
called
the
High
Court
of
Mysore.
In
Bengaluru,
the
High
Court
functions
out
of
a
red-painted
brick
building
known
as
the Attara
Kacheri,
located
opposite
the Vidhana
Soudha,
the
seat
of
the
The
High
Court
is
the
highest
judicial
authority
within
the
State
of
Karnataka.
It
has
superintendence
over
all
courts
and
tribunals,
such
as
district
courts,
operating
within
Karnataka,
except
those
of
the
armed
forces.[4][5] Appeals against
judgments
of
lower
courts,
such
as
district-level
civil
and
sessions
courts,
are
heard
in
the
High
Court.
Appeals
against
judgments
of
the
High
Court
are
heard
by
the Supreme
Court
of
India.
The
High
Court
is
a court
of
record and
can
prosecute
for contempt of
itself.[6]
The
Karnataka
High
court
has
two
permanent
benches
at Hubballi-Dharwada and
Kalaburagi.
The
permanent
Karnataka
high
court
bench
at
Hubballi-Dharwada
became
operational
on
24
August
2013
and
Kalaburagi
on
31
August
2013.[7] Before
operational
of
permanent
high
court
benches,
Hubballi-Dharwada
and
Kalaburagi
had
circuit
benches
of
Karnataka
High
Court
from
the
year
2008.
Hubballi-Dharwada
bench
of
Karnataka
High
Court
was
inaugurated
by
then
Chief
Justice
of
India
K.G.Balakrishnan
on
4
July
2008
and
became
operational
from
7
July
2008
A.D.[8]
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