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Article 230

Part VI — The States · Constitution of India

Article 230

Extension of jurisdiction of High Courts to Union territories. (1) Parliament may by law extend the jurisdiction of a High Court to, or exclude the jurisdiction of a High Court from, any Union territory. (2) Where the High Court of a State exercises jurisdiction in relation to a Union territory,— (a) nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as empowering the Legislature of the State to increase, restrict or abolish that jurisdiction; and (b) the reference in article 227 to the Governor shall, in relation to any rules, forms or tables for subordinate courts in that territory, be construed as a reference to the President.

In plain wordsOnly Parliament can extend a state High Court's reach over a union territory or take it away, and the state legislature gets no say over that jurisdiction. For subordinate court rules in the territory, the President stands in for the Governor.
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