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There are eleven administrative or revenue districts in Delhi, India, all of which fall under the Delhi division. [1] [2] Each of these district is headed by a District Magistrate (DM) also called Deputy Commissioner (DC), [3] [4] [5] who reports to the Divisional Commissioner who is ex-officio Director of Civil Defence, Inspector General of Stamps and Registration and Additional Chief ...
An indictment (/ ɪ n ˈ d aɪ t m ən t / [1] in-DYTE-mənt) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use that concept often use that of an indictable offence, an offence that requires an indictment.
In many common law jurisdictions (e.g. England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury (in contrast to a summary offence).
The district and sessions judge is often referred to as "district judge" when presiding over civil matters and "sessions judge" when presiding over criminal matters. [2] Being the highest judge at district level, the district judge also enjoys the power to manage the state funds allocated for the development of judiciary in the district.
Central & West Delhi 1958 14 courts (11 MM + 3 CJ) 2 Patiala House Court: New Delhi: 1977 7 courts (7 MM) 3 Karkardooma Court (Anand Vihar) East, North-East & Shahdara: 1993 6 courts (6 MM) 4 Rohini Court North-West & North Delhi 2005 2 courts (2 MM) 5 Dwarka Court South-West Delhi 2008 3 courts (3 MM) 6 Saket Court South & South-East Delhi 2010
An information is a formal criminal charge which, depending upon the jurisdiction, either begins or continues a criminal proceeding in the courts. The information is one of the oldest common law pleadings (first appearing around the 13th century), and is nearly as old as the better-known indictment, with which it has always coexisted.
Bar Council of Delhi is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practising law in the Union Territory of Delhi. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India. In March 1953, the 'All India Bar Committee', headed by Pawan Sharma, submitted a report which proposed ...
This was achieved by enacting the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 on 5 September 1966. The High Court of Delhi initially exercised jurisdiction not only over the Union Territory of Delhi, but also Himachal Pradesh. The High Court of Delhi had a Himachal Pradesh Bench at Shimla in a building called Ravenswood. The High Court of Delhi continued to ...