Habeas
Corpus
See writ petition.
High
Court
Article 214 of the Constitution
provides that each state shall have a High Court. This is the highest court in
a state and is subordinate only to the Supreme Court of India. The powers of
the High Court are broadly categorized as judicial and administrative. In its
judicial function the High Court can be approached directly (eg. writ
petitions), or in appeals or revisions—both civil and criminal. In its administrative
function the High Court supervises the functioning of the lower judiciary in
the State. In the civil side, in an ascending order of hierarchy, is the Civil
Judge (Junior Division), Civil Judge (Senior Division), the Additional District
Judge and the District Judge; the criminal side includes Metropolitan
Magistrates, Chief Metropolitan Magistrates, Additional Sessions Judges and the
Sessions Judge. The powers of a High Court do not extend beyond the territory
of the State. While every decision of the Supreme Court is binding on the High
Courts, the decisions of one High Court is not binding on the other. The High
Court is a court of record.
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