Criminal Courts
Criminal Courts
Criminal Courts
Supreme Court.
the Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial authority and
the highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final court of
appeal for all civil and criminal cases in. It also has the power
of judicial review. The Supreme Court, which consists of the Chief
Justice of India and a maximum of fellow 33 judges, has extensive
powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.
Its decisions are binding on other Indian courts as well as the union
and state governments.[7]As per the Article 142 of the Constitution, the
court is conferred with the inherent jurisdiction to pass any order
deemed necessary in the interest of complete justice which becomes
binding on the President to enforce. The Supreme Court replaced
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the highest court of
appeal since 28 January 1950.
Sessions Court
A Sessions Court or even known as the Court of Sessions
Judge is a court of law which exists in
several Commonwealth countries.
A Court of Session is the highest criminal court in a district
and the court of first instance for trying serious offences, i.e.,
those carrying punishment of imprisonment of more than
seven years, life imprisonment, or death.
The magistrate then hears the parties, examines the evidence and decides which
of the parties was in possession of the property subject to dispute. If a
magistrate finds that if a party has forcibly or wrongfully dispossessed, he treats
the party such that it had possession on the date of his order.
Hence, we can see in certain matters going to an Executive Magistrate provides
faster resolution that going to a Civil Court. Moreover, he acts as a guardian of
public and is essential to the maintenance of law and order.
1. The term is not more than the powers of the Magistrate under
Section 29.
2. The term where the imprisonment has been awarded as a part of
the substantive sentence. This term should not exceed 1/4th of
the time in prison which the Magistrate is competent to inflict as
a punishment for the offence than as imprisonment in concern to
the default of payment of the fine.