In which of the following States, High Courts have been setup in March, 2013? 1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Meghalaya 3) Mizoram 4) Tripura Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:

The answer is B (2 and 4 only). Meghalaya and Tripura both got their own High Courts in March 2013, and the question is testing whether you know that these were new creations in that year.

• Statement 2 (Meghalaya): correct. Until 2013 Meghalaya fell under the Gauhati High Court. Its separate High Court was set up in March 2013 at Shillong.
• Statement 4 (Tripura): correct. Tripura also had been under the Gauhati High Court. Its own High Court was set up in March 2013 at Agartala.
• Statement 1 (Arunachal Pradesh): wrong. Arunachal's High Court was created much earlier, in 2000, so it cannot be a March 2013 case.
• Statement 3 (Mizoram): not in the key. Since the key allows only options that exclude 3, Mizoram is treated as not part of the March 2013 set. Verify its date in the notification before using this as a general fact.

The core concept is the territorial jurisdiction of High Courts under Article 214 and Article 231, and the reorganisation of the Gauhati High Court's jurisdiction over the North-East. For Mains, this links to judicial access and the pendency of cases in smaller states.

Trap: Students pick option D because they assume every North-East state got a High Court recently. Arunachal's is older, so the option fails on statement 1.