LawgistThe Delhi High Court Act
1Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Delhi High Court Act, 1966.
(2) Section 17 shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force at once.
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1. 1st May, 1967, vide notification No. G.S.R. 508 (E), dated 11th April, 1967, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).
All sections
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 High Court
- 3A Salaries and allowances or Judges to be expenditure charged on Consolidated Fund of India
- 4 Exceptions and modifications subject to which the provisions of Chapter V of Part VI of the Constitution apply to the High Court of Delhi
- 5 Jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi
- 6 Power to enrol legal practitioners, etc
- 7 Practice and procedure in the High Court of Delhi
- 8 Custody of the Seal of the High Court of Delhi
- 9 Form of writs and other processes
- 10 Powers of Judges
- 11 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court
- 12 Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Punjab to the High Court of Delhi
- 13 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to the High Court of Delhi
- 14 Interpretation
- 15 Savings
- 16 Pending proceedings before subordinate courts in Delhi
- 17 Extension of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi
- 18 Rule of construction
- 19 Repealed
- 20 Power to remove difficulties
- 21 Power to adapt laws
