Subordinate Courts of India

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court system judicial institution

The Subordinate Courts of India are the lower-level trial and district courts that handle the bulk of civil and criminal cases under the supervision of the High Courts in the Indian judicial system.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
District and Sessions Courts in Manipur	1
Family courts of Uttarakhand	1
Munsiff Courts in Kerala	1
district and subordinate courts of Murshidabad	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial institution ⓘ
administrativeControlBy	respective State High Courts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	lower courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ trial courts of India ⓘ
appealsTo	High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy	respective State Governments ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesInConsultationWith	respective High Courts ⓘ
boundBy	precedents of Supreme Court of India ⓘ precedents of respective High Courts ⓘ
canTry	civil suits of various pecuniary values ⓘ criminal offences of various categories ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Article 235 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
facesIssue	case backlog ⓘ delay in disposal of cases ⓘ
fundedBy	State Governments of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Penal Code, 1860 NERFINISHED ⓘ various state laws ⓘ
handles	majority of litigation in India ⓘ
headedAtDistrictLevelBy	District and Sessions Judge NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	Civil Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Criminal Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ District Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Family Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Magistrates Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessions Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Small Causes Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English in some states ⓘ regional languages in many states ⓘ
level	subordinate judiciary ⓘ
organizedBy	districts ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of disputes at first instance ⓘ
roleInSystem	grassroots level dispute resolution ⓘ implementation of rule of law at local level ⓘ
subjectTo	administrative control of High Courts ⓘ hierarchical appellate structure ⓘ judicial control of High Courts ⓘ
subjectToReformsIn	case management ⓘ e-courts and digitization ⓘ
supervisedBy	High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

judicial branch of India → includesCourt → Subordinate Courts of India ⓘ

District Courts in Kerala → appealsFrom → Subordinate Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsiff Courts in Kerala

Uttarakhand High Court → hasAuthorityOver → Subordinate Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Family courts of Uttarakhand

Baharampur → hasJudicialInstitution → Subordinate Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: district and subordinate courts of Murshidabad

Manipur High Court → supervises → Subordinate Courts of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: District and Sessions Courts in Manipur