Question

Mention two types of subordinate courts.

Answer 1

Every High Court has different types of subordinate courts functioning under it. Two such types of subordinate courts are:

• Civil courts: The court of the district judges is the topmost civil court within a district. It employs both judicial and administrative powers.

• Criminal Courts: In every district, there are civil courts and criminal courts. Under criminal courts, there are courts of the Additional Sessions Judges, District and Sessions Judge, Assistant Sessions Judge and the courts of the first class magistrates. The District and Sessions judge may issue any legal sentence but a death sentence is subject to approval by the High Court.