Meghalaya High Court

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High Court constitutional court

The Meghalaya High Court is the highest judicial authority for the Indian state of Meghalaya, handling constitutional, civil, and criminal matters within its jurisdiction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Meghalaya High Court canonical	11
High Court of Meghalaya	4
High Court registry of Meghalaya High Court	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1833771 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meghalaya High Court
Context triple: [Meghalaya, highCourt, Meghalaya High Court]

A. Gauhati High Court
Gauhati High Court is the principal judicial high court serving the Indian state of Assam and certain neighboring northeastern states.
B. Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the highest judicial authority in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of law within the state’s jurisdiction.
C. Manipur High Court
Manipur High Court is the highest judicial authority in the Indian state of Manipur, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting law within its jurisdiction.
D. Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court is the highest judicial authority for the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, handling constitutional, civil, and criminal matters within its jurisdiction.
E. Madras High Court
Madras High Court is one of the oldest and largest High Courts in India, serving as the principal civil and criminal appellate court for the state of Tamil Nadu.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meghalaya High Court
Target entity description: The Meghalaya High Court is the highest judicial authority for the Indian state of Meghalaya, handling constitutional, civil, and criminal matters within its jurisdiction.

A. Gauhati High Court
Gauhati High Court is the principal judicial high court serving the Indian state of Assam and certain neighboring northeastern states.
B. Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the highest judicial authority in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, overseeing the administration of justice and the interpretation of law within the state’s jurisdiction.
C. Manipur High Court
Manipur High Court is the highest judicial authority in the Indian state of Manipur, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting law within its jurisdiction.
D. Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court is the highest judicial authority for the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, handling constitutional, civil, and criminal matters within its jurisdiction.
E. Madras High Court
Madras High Court is one of the oldest and largest High Courts in India, serving as the principal civil and criminal appellate court for the state of Tamil Nadu.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	High Court ⓘ constitutional court ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of India ⓘ
appointmentAuthorityForChiefJustice	President of India ⓘ
authorizedBy	Article 214 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
barCouncilJurisdiction	Bar Council of Meghalaya ⓘ
buildingLocation	MG Road, Shillong ⓘ
canIssue	writs for enforcement of fundamental rights in Meghalaya ⓘ
category	High Courts of India ⓘ
consultationForChiefJusticeAppointment	Chief Justice of India ⓘ Governor of Meghalaya ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
decidesOn	writ petitions under the Constitution of India ⓘ
establishedBy	Government of India ⓘ
establishedOn	2013-03-23 ⓘ
establishedUnder	Constitution of India ⓘ
formedBy	bifurcation from Gauhati High Court ⓘ
governingLaw	Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ⓘ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ Constitution of India ⓘ Indian Penal Code, 1860 ⓘ linked to: Indian Penal Code
handles	election petitions relating to state legislative assembly of Meghalaya ⓘ service matters of state government employees in Meghalaya ⓘ
handlesAppealsFrom	district courts in Meghalaya ⓘ
hasAdministrativeControlOver	district and sessions courts in Meghalaya ⓘ
hasAppellateJurisdiction	civil courts in Meghalaya ⓘ criminal courts in Meghalaya ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil matters in Meghalaya ⓘ constitutional matters in Meghalaya ⓘ criminal matters in Meghalaya ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdiction	certain civil and constitutional matters in Meghalaya ⓘ
hasSeal	Seal of the Meghalaya High Court ⓘ
hasSupervisoryJurisdiction	subordinate courts in Meghalaya ⓘ
hears	public interest litigations from Meghalaya ⓘ
isHighestCourtOf	Meghalaya ⓘ
isPartOf	Indian judiciary ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Meghalaya ⓘ linked to: Meghalaya
location	Shillong ⓘ
maximumNumberOfJudges	3 ⓘ
oversees	subordinate judiciary in Meghalaya ⓘ
predecessor	Gauhati High Court ⓘ
region	Eastern India ⓘ linked to: eastern India
regionServed	Northeast India ⓘ
state	Meghalaya ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of record ⓘ
website	https://meghalayahighcourt.nic.in ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meghalaya → highCourt → Meghalaya High Court ⓘ

Government of Meghalaya → hasJudicialBranch → Meghalaya High Court ⓘ

Government of Meghalaya → highestCourtInState → Meghalaya High Court ⓘ

Advocate General of Meghalaya → appearsBefore → High Court of Meghalaya ⓘ