Constitution Section 215 — High Courts to be courts of record

Part VI — THE STATES — CHAPTER V.—THE HIGH COURTS IN THE STATES

Constitutional

Summary

Every High Court is officially recognised as a court of record, which means its proceedings and judgments are preserved as permanent legal records. As a court of record, it has the authority to punish anyone for contempt of the court itself.

Official Text

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.