With reference to the territorial jurisdictions of High Courts in India, consider the following pairs: High Courts Territorial Jurisdictions I. Calcutta High Court Lakshadweep II. Madras High Court Puducherry III. Gauhati High Court Manipur IV. Kerala High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
A. One
The Calcutta High Court has territorial jurisdiction over West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Lakshadweep comes under the jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court. Thus, Pair I is incorrectly matched. The Madras High Court has territorial jurisdiction over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Thus, Pair II is correctly matched. The Gauhati High Court has territorial jurisdiction over Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Manipur has its own High Court, established in 2013. Thus, Pair III is incorrectly matched. The Kerala High Court has territorial jurisdiction over Kerala and Lakshadweep. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands come under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court. Thus, Pair IV is incorrectly matched. Only one pair is correctly matched. Answer: One
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