About High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur :
Madhya Pradesh originally created as central province on 2 November 1861,as judicial commissions territory. The judicial Commissioners court at Nagpur was the highest court at that time and got converted to Governor's province in 1921 and became full fledged. On 1 November 1956 the States Reorganisation act was enacted and Madhya Pradesh was constituted under S.9,Subsection(1) of Section 49 of States Reorganisation Act. The High Court exercising jurisdiction in the existing state of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Nagpur High Court, was deemed to be the high court for the state. Thus Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal fiction became High Court for the new State of Madhya Pradesh with its seat at Jabalpur.
Two Temporary benches of High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted at Indore and Gwalior by the order of Hon'ble the Chief Justice dated 1 November 1956. Later, by a Presidential Notification dated 28 November 1968, issued in the exercise of Powers conferred by the Subsection(2) of section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act 1956, permanent benches of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore and Gwalior were established. On 1 November 2000, when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out of state of Madhya Pradesh by the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and the High Court of Chhattisgarh was established for the state, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur became the High Court for the successor state of Madhya Pradesh.