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The Bombay High Court sits at Mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and has additional benches in Aurangabad and Nagpur in Maharashtra, as well as Panaji in the state of Goa. It may have a maximum of 94 judges, of which 71 must be permanently appointed and 23 may be additionally appointed.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction.
The Bombay High Court sits at Mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and has additional benches in Aurangabad and Nagpur in Maharashtra, as well as Panaji in the state of Goa. It may have a maximum of 94 judges, of which 71 must be permanently appointed and 23 may be additionally appointed.
Maharashtra Family Courts; Maharashtra Industrial/Labour Courts; Mumbai City Civil Court; Mumbai CMM Court; Mumbai Motor/Accident Claims Tribunal; Mumbai Small Cause ...
However, High Courts civil and criminal jurisdiction applies only if subordinate courts are not authorized to try matters for lack of pecuniary or territorial jurisdiction. High Courts may enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters if so designated in a state or federal law. For example, company law cases are instituted only in a high court.
The Supreme Court performed an unprecedented action when it directed a sitting Minister of State in Maharashtra government, Swaroop Singh Naik, [48] to be jailed for 1-month on a charge of contempt of court on 12 May 2006. [49] [50]
The judiciary in the state consists of the Maharashtra High Court (The High Court of Bombay), district and session courts in each district and lower courts and judges at the taluka level. [155] The High Court has regional branches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Panaji which is the capital of Goa. [ 156 ]
State Cabinet: Reports to: Chief Minister, Maharashtra Legislature: Seat: Mantralaya, Mumbai: Appointer: Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister: Term length: 5 years: Precursor: Uddhav Thackeray (2019-2022) Inaugural holder: Yashwantrao Chavan (1960-1962) Formation: 1 May 1960: Deputy: Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022