District Courts of India
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The District Courts of India are the primary trial courts at the district level that handle civil and criminal cases under the country’s judicial system.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| District and Sessions Court, Purba Medinipur | 1 |
| District courts of Uttarakhand | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court system
ⓘ
trial court ⓘ |
| administrativelyControlledBy | respective State High Court ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | District and Sessions Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appealFrom | subordinate courts in the district ⓘ |
| appealsTo | respective High Court ⓘ |
| canTry |
offences punishable with death
ⓘ
offences punishable with imprisonment over seven years ⓘ offences punishable with life imprisonment ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| employs |
Additional District Judges
ⓘ
Assistant Sessions Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Judicial Magistrates NERFINISHED ⓘ District Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Magistrates ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Articles 233 to 237 of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| fundedBy | State Governments of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handles |
civil cases
ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
civil court
ⓘ
sessions court ⓘ |
| hasHierarchyAbove | High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHierarchyBelow | subordinate courts ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
civil matters exceeding pecuniary limits of subordinate courts
ⓘ
serious criminal offences ⓘ |
| headedBy | District Judge ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | district level ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
ⓘ
official language of the state ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of India ⓘ |
| linkedTo | National Judicial Data Grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | each administrative district of India ⓘ |
| partOf | Judiciary of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | adjudication of disputes at first instance ⓘ |
| purpose | access to justice at local level ⓘ |
| recordsMaintained |
case registers
ⓘ
judgment records ⓘ order sheets ⓘ |
| subjectTo | superintendence of High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfCases |
appeals from subordinate courts
ⓘ
contract disputes ⓘ criminal trials ⓘ family disputes ⓘ property disputes ⓘ |
| uses | eCourts system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
District courts of Uttarakhand
this entity surface form:
District and Sessions Court, Purba Medinipur