Clause (1) of the Article 231 empowers the Parliament of India to set up a common High Court for two or more States or for two or more states & a Union territory. Currently, there are 25 High Courts in India having jurisdiction over 28 states & 8 Union territories. Whereas most of the states have a High Court of their own, few states share a common High Court within the purview of Article 231, such High Courts having jurisdiction over two or more states or two or more states & a Union territory are listed below. There are in total 6 common High courts, currently, they are: 1. Guwahati High Court (Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh) 2. Madras High Court (Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry) 3. Bombay High Court (Maharashtra, Goa, Dadar& Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) 4. Kolkata High Court (West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands) 5. Kerala High Court (Kerala & Lakshadweep) 6. Punjab & Haryana High Court.