High Court (State)

In theory

Highest court of a state (or shared by more than one), with original, appellate, and writ jurisdiction -- its Article 226 writ power is textually broader than the Supreme Court's Article 32, since it can be issued for "any other purpose" beyond fundamental rights.

In practice

Chronic case backlog undercuts the theoretical reach of that broad writ jurisdiction: High Courts alone account for tens of millions of pending cases nationally, and, like the Supreme Court, judge appointments and transfers run through an opaque collegium process that has drawn sustained criticism for its lack of published criteria.