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The High Court sat at both the winter capital of Jammu, and the summer capital of Srinagar. The Maharaja conferred letters patent on the High Court on 10 September 1943. Puisne judge Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain [8] was the first Muslim judge of the High Court. He retired as Home and Judicial Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the Maharaja Rule.
The J&K High Court quashed more than 81% of the detention orders that the Board upheld earlier in the same period. [51] The RTI also revealed that the advisory board spent more than 75% of its total expenditure in 2016–17 to uphold detention orders which were quashed later on by the court. [51]
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, brought into existence on 14 May 1862. [2] High courts that handle numerous cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits.
The Jammu & Kashmir State Vigilance Commission Act, 2011 reveals the formation of JKSVC under the section State Vigilance Commission Act, 2011 which indicates that the JKSVC was constituted on 15 February 2011 under Sub-Section-1 of Section 3, with the mandate to monitor, inquire or investigate the corruption under any Act of the Parliament or the Act of State Legislature of J&K. [6]
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 21 February 2025, 358 of the seats, about 31.90% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of ...
The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India. [1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts.
The civil court/district court is judged by the district and sessions judge who is the judicial head of a district with a limited control over administration also. It is the principal court of original civil jurisdiction besides the high court of the state and which derives its jurisdiction in civil matters primarily from the Code of Civil ...
Except the Supreme Court which is funded by the central government, all the expenses of the High Court and the District Courts in a state are funded by the respective state government. As of 2018, 92% of all expenditure on the judiciary was borne by the states. [39] This includes salary of judges, non-judicial staff and all operation costs.