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The Tis Hazari Courts Complex was inaugurated in 1958 by Chief Justice A.N. Bhandari, the then Chief Justice of Punjab, [5] since Delhi was under the jurisdiction of High Court of Punjab at the time. [6] Tis Hazari was the principal court complex in Delhi, since Delhi consisted of only one district. [5]
Rouse Avenue Courts Complex, established 2019 [3] located near ITO; The above are seven physical locations of the district courts, whereas actually there are eleven district courts headed by individual District Judges. The Tis Hazari complex, Rohini complex and Saket complex hosts two districts each while the Karkardooma complex hosts three ...
Name of Court Districts Year of Establishment Number of Courts 1 Tis Hazari Court (Kashmere Gate) 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
The High Court is a court of record and can prosecute for contempt of itself. [6] The Karnataka High court has two permanent benches at Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi. The permanent Karnataka high court bench at Hubballi-Dharwada became operational on 24 August 2013 and Kalaburagi on 31 August 2013. [7]
In 2002, the Supreme Court of India ordered that the case trial should be transferred from the Ghaziabad district court to a Sessions Court at the Tis Hazari court complex in Delhi. [2] [3] On 21 March 2015, all 16 men accused in the Hashimpura massacre case of 1987 were acquitted by Tis Hazari Court due to insufficient evidence. [4]
As per the report released on 2006–08, Delhi High court has a long list of pending cases. The backlog is such that it would take 466 years to resolve them. In a bid to restore public trust and confidence, Delhi court spent 5 minutes per case and disposed of 94,000 cases in 2008–10. [13]
The Chief Justice of India was anguished by the events and, in view of the situation, the CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of a total of five cases related to the Unnao incident to Delhi in the court of the District & Sessions Judge, West District, Tis Hazari Court, and also directed protection to the victim's family ...
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.