differentiate between supreme court and high court civil cases and criminal case

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It is important to note that both Supreme court and High court hear civil and criminal cases which comes as an appeal to them. Civil cases are cases arising between two or more private individuals, which are are non criminal in nature, It may include cases like property disputes, about divorce, marriage, adoption.
Criminal cases which include offences and crime that take place in breach of criminal laws. It deals with cases related to crime .It include cases like theft, robbery , murder .

Supreme Court High Court

a. It stands at the apex of country's judicial system, can hear both civil and criminal cases which comes as an appeal to it from the High court. This falls under its appellate jurisdiction. The case so going as an appeal needs to be certified by the High court.
The High court is the highest court in a particular state or a union territory. With regard to civil and criminal cases, high court also listens to appeals that comes from subordinate courts. It may however hear cases pertaining to matrimonial or contempt of court cases.

b. It can also transfer a case from one state high court to another and even from a subordinate court to another High court. The high court jurisdiction extends over all the federal and state laws.

c. Its original jurisdictions which includes cases which comes to Supreme court directly.
These include cases involving any dispute between the Government of India and one or more States or between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more States on the other .
It also includes cases between the states.
Under Article 32 , that is Right to constitutional Remedies allows individual to challenge any law of the central or state government or any policy decision of the executive if it violates our fundamental rights. In such case, the Supreme Court t has the power to issue writs, which is its prerogative.

It also has an original jurisdiction which primarily includes cases related to violation of Fundamental rights , whereby it has powers to issue writs.

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