Lawgist50Abolition of certain Courts
(1) As from the appointed day, the High Courts of all the existing Part B States, except Jammu and Kashmir, and the Courts of the Judicial Commissioners for Ajmer, Bhopal, Kutch and Vindhya Pradesh shall cease to function and are hereby abolished.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the continued operation of any notice served, injunction issued, direction given or proceedings taken before the appointed day by any of the Courts abolished by that sub-section under the powers then conferred upon that Court.
(3) Every such Judge of a High Court abolished by sub-section (1) as the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India may, by order made before the appointed day, specify shall, as from that day, become a Judge, or if so specified the Chief Justice, of such High Court as the President may in that order specify.
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- 49 High Courts for the new States
- 50 Abolition of certain Courts
- 51 Principal seat and other places of sitting of High Courts for new States
- 52 Jurisdiction of High Courts for new States
- 53 Power to enrol advocates, etc
- 54 Practice and procedure
- 55 Custody of seal of the High Court
- 56 Form of writs and other processes
- 57 Powers of Judges
- 58 Procedure as to appeals to the Supreme Court
- 59 Transfer of proceedings to Bombay High Court
- 60 Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, Kerala High Court
- 61 Transfer of proceedings to Madhya Pradesh High Court
- 62 Transfer of proceedings to Mysore High Court
- 63 Transfer of proceedings to Punjab High Court
- 64 Transfer of proceedings to Rajasthan High Court
- 65 High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 66 High Court for the areas added to Madras
- 67 Right to appear or act in proceedings transferred to other High Courts
- 68 Interpretation
- 69 Savings
