RAS question
The Rajasthan High Court was established in which year?
Correct answer: (B) 1949.
The Rajasthan High Court was established in 1949 as the single High Court for Rajasthan, with its seat at Jodhpur.
Explanation
The exam point is the year: the Rajasthan High Court belongs to the 1949 phase of Rajasthan's administrative integration, not to Independence, the Constitution's commencement, or the later States Reorganisation Act. It was established on 21 June 1949 at Jodhpur under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949, with Kamala Kant Verma as its first Chief Justice. The Rajasthan High Court history records that the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished the separate jurisdictions of the earlier courts and provided for one High Court for the entire State, with the court to sit at Jodhpur. It also records the High Court's formal inauguration in 1949 and Kamal Kant Verma taking oath as Chief Justice.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 1947 marks India's Independence, but the Rajasthan High Court was created later during the 1949 reorganisation of court jurisdictions in Rajasthan.
- (C) 1950 is when the Constitution came into force and the court became a constitutional court, but the High Court had already been established in 1949.
- (D) 1956 relates to the States Reorganisation Act and later High Court arrangements, whereas the establishment asked here belongs to 1949.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's constitutional and administrative institutions, especially the formation of the State's judicial structure after integration. RAS repeats such dates because they connect political integration, ordinances, and present-day institutional geography.