In Travancore, Munro proposed the requisite regulations for the Courts to be reorganized. The then king approved these suggestions and in 1811 a Law was passed in accordance with his suggestions. In the Kingdom of Travancore, in 1811 and 1814 respectively, were established Zilla Courts and a Huzur Court. In 1811 A.D., Munro set up five zilla courts at Padmanabhapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Mavelikkara, Vaikom and Aluva.

Huzur Court, which functioned as the court of final appeal, was later replaced in 1861 by Sadar Court. Sadar Court, which held nearly all of the powers of the present Kerala High Court, continued to function until 1881. Travancore's High Court was later formed in 1887 with a bench strength of five magistrates. Each of the five judges has been appointed chief justice. The judges had the help of a Pundit, who acted as an amicus curiae to advise them on the different points of Hindu law. Ramachandra Iyer has been appointed chief justice for the first time.

After India gained independence  the Travancore and Cochin Kingdoms were united on 1 July 1949 to create the Travancore-Cochin State or Thiru-Kochi. Later the Travancore-Cochin High Court was created under the Travancore-Cochin High Court Act (1949) at Ernakulam on 7 July 1949. Mr Puthupally Krishna Pillai was Travancore-Cochin's last Chief Justice of the High Court.

The State Reorganization Act, 1956, was passed on 1 November 1956 thus merging the State of Travancore-Cochin with the district of Malabar and Kasaragod in order to create the present State of Kerala. Kerala's High Court, as it is today, was established as the State of Kerala appointed by the High Court on 1 November 1956.
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