Talk:High Courts of India

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Hi. Feel free to use the image at Madras High Court, if you feel as appropriate. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 13:37, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

There's not much of the building, more of a statue. If we expand the text we can add it in the future if there are no more better images. User:Nichalp/sg 09:31, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Ya, I knew that. That's why I've put it in the talk page for the record. I'm just consolidating the available resources. By the way, there is an interesting legend around Manuneedhi Cholan depicted by the statue. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 10:04, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

It is not correct that the Kerala High Court was established in 1958 by the Kerala High Court Act, 1958. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

Section 49 of that Act:

49. High Courts for the new States. (1) The High Courts exercising immediately before the appointed day jurisdiction in relation to the existing States of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to be the High Courts for the new States of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, respectively. (2) As from the appointed day, there shall be established a High Court for each of the new States of Kerala, Mysore and Rajasthan.

Section 60 extended the jurisdiction to Lakshadweep. --Manojb 20:30, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

The statement "The high courts are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in the state, and can try all offences including those punishable with death." does not convey an accurate picture of what a High Court does. It gives the impression that the High Courts' main workload consists if civil and criminal trials. This is not true. Although they have the jurisdiction, bulk of the civil and criminal trials happen in the District Courts. Most cases in the High Court belong to the appellate side (either appeals from District Courts or tribunals or appeals of administrative decisions). The original side workload mostly involves constitutional cases (cases that allege that an individual's constitutional right has been violated or a challenge to a law or regulation as being unconstitutional). It is rare that an original civil or criminal trial takes place in the High Court. Civil trials sometimes happen for high value disputes, but original criminal trials are very rare. High courts also have original jurisdiction with respect to election petitions with regard to elections to the State Legislatures or Parliament. A High Court has supervisory and disciplinary authority over all courts and judges in its jurisdiction.

I could not think of a verbiage that would accurately and concisely capture what I wanted to say, so I did not edit. --Manojb 21:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)