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(Created page with "'''District and Sub-ordinate Courts''' The Courts that function below the High Courts are popularly known as the lower Courts. They consist of district and sub-ordinate courts. Each state is divided into judicial districts presided over by a 'District and Sessions Judge'. The judge is known as a 'District Judge' when she/he presides over a civil case and a 'Sessions Judge' when he presides over a criminal case. The district judge is also called a 'Metropolitan Sessions J...") |
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Sessions Judge' when she/he is presiding over a district court in a city which is | Sessions Judge' when she/he is presiding over a district court in a city which is | ||
designated as a metropolitan area by the State government. District judges may be | designated as a metropolitan area by the State government. District judges may be | ||
working with Additional District judges, depending upon the judicial workload. | working with Additional District judges, depending upon the judicial workload. The district judge is the highest judicial authority below a High Court judge. The | ||
District Court also holds appellate jurisdiction and supervision over all sub-ordinate | District Court also holds appellate jurisdiction and supervision over all sub-ordinate | ||
Courts below it. On the Civil side, the sub-ordinate Courts below the District Court | Courts below it. On the Civil side, the sub-ordinate Courts below the District Court | ||
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Court, Senior Civil Judge Courts (also called sub-Courts). Sub-ordinate Courts on | Court, Senior Civil Judge Courts (also called sub-Courts). Sub-ordinate Courts on | ||
Criminal side (in ascending order) include- Second Class Judicial Magistrates Court, | Criminal side (in ascending order) include- Second Class Judicial Magistrates Court, | ||
First Class Judicial Magistrate Court and Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. | First Class Judicial Magistrate Court and Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. Apart from the sub-ordinate Courts, Munsiff Courts also form a part of this | ||
hierarchy. They are the lowest in terms of handling matters of civil nature and | hierarchy. They are the lowest in terms of handling matters of civil nature and | ||
function below the sub-ordinate Courts. Their pecuniary limits, meaning the Court's | function below the sub-ordinate Courts. Their pecuniary limits, meaning the Court's | ||
ability to hear matters upto a particular claim for money, are notified by respective | ability to hear matters upto a particular claim for money, are notified by respective | ||
State Governments. | State Governments. | ||