LawgistThe Delhi High Court Act
3High Court
(1) As from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be a High Court for the Union territory of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the High Court of Delhi).
(2) The principal seat of the High Court of Delhi shall be at Delhi or at such other place as the President may, by notified order, appoint.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Judges and Division Courts of the High Court of Delhi may sit at such other place or places other than its principal seat as the Chief Justice may, with the approval of the President, appoint.
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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- 19 Repealed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
