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Judiciary of India, the Glossary

The judiciary of India (ISO: Bhārata kī Nyāyapālikā) is the system of courts that interpret and apply the law in the Republic of India.^[1]

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Supreme Court of India

Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Alternative dispute resolution

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or external dispute resolution (EDR), typically denotes a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that parties can use to settle disputes with the help of a third party.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Appellate court

An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.

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École normale supérieure (Paris)

The – PSL (also known as ENS,, Ulm or ENS Paris) is a grande école in Paris, France.

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B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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Bombay High Court

The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Cadre (military)

A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.

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Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India.

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Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chief Judicial Magistrate Court

Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court or Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (abbreviated as CJM Court) is the second tier court in the criminal court structure in India.

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Chief Justice of India

| post. Judiciary of India and Chief Justice of India are supreme Court of India.

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Chief magistrate

Chief magistrate is a public official, executive or judicial, whose office is the highest in its class.

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Code of Criminal Procedure (India)

The Code of Criminal Procedure, commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), was the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974. It provides the machinery for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person and the determination of punishment of the guilty.

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Collegium system

The Indian Judicial Collegium system, where existing judges appoint judges to the nation's constitutional courts, has its genesis in, and continued basis resting on, three of its own judgments made by Supreme Court judges, which are collectively known as the Three Judges Cases.

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Colonial India

Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.

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Company rule in India

Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from lit) was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. Judiciary of India and Constitution of India are law of India.

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Constitutional court

A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law.

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Constitutional right

A constitutional right can be a prerogative or a duty, a power or a restraint of power, recognized and established by a sovereign state or union of states.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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Court (film)

Court is a 2014 Indian legal drama film, written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane in his directorial debut.

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Courts of Judicial Magistrate of First Class

Courts of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Judicial First Class Magistrate Courts, or Judicial Magistrate First Class Courts are at the second lowest level of the Criminal Court structure in India.

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Courts of Judicial Magistrate of Second Class

Courts of Judicial Magistrate of Second Class are at the lowest hierarchy of the Criminal Court structure in India.

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Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates

Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates is a type of magistrate courts those are situated in a division headquarter or metropolitan city, found in many countries (e.g., India, Bangladesh).

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Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates, India

Courts of Metropolitan Magistrate are at the second lowest level of the Criminal Court structure in India According to the Section 16 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPc),in every metropolitan area, there shall be established as many courts of Metropolitan Magistrates, and at such places, as the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, specify.

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Criminal law

Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.

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Crown Court

The Crown Court is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts.

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Deutsche Welle

("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.

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Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian jurist, who is the 50th and current chief justice of India serving since November 2022.

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District courts of India

The district courts of India are the district courts of the state governments in India for every district or for one or more districts together taking into account of the number of cases, population distribution in the district.

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District magistrate

The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India.

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District Munsiff Court

District Munsiff Court (alternate spelling District Munsif Court) is the court of the lowest order handling matters pertaining to civil matters in the district, a legal system followed in the Indian subcontinent. Judiciary of India and district Munsiff Court are law of India.

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Divisional commissioner

A Divisional Commissioner, also known as Commissioner of division, is an Indian Administrative Service officer who serves as the administrator of a division of a state in India.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Edmond Fernandes

Edmond Clint Fernandes (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian physician having public health expertise and a consultant (empaneled) for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

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Federal judiciary of the United States

The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Governor

A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative.

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Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008

Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 is an Act of Parliament of India enacted for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas or village courts for speedy and easy access to justice system in the rural areas of India.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.

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High courts of India

The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.

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Indian Penal Code

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.

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ISO 15919

ISO 15919 (Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters) is one of a series of international standards for romanization by the International Organization for Standardization.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, author and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Judiciaries of the United Kingdom

The judiciaries of the United Kingdom are the separate judiciaries of the three legal systems in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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Judiciary

The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.

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Judiciary of Germany

The judiciary of Germany is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Germany.

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Jury trial

A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.

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Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.

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Justice delayed is justice denied

"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim.

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Kochi

Kochi, also known by its former name Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Law Commission of India

The Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Judiciary of India and Law Commission of India are law of India.

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Law enforcement in India

Law enforcement in India is imperative to keep justice and order in the nation. Judiciary of India and Law enforcement in India are law of India.

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Law of India

The legal system of India consists of civil law, common law, customary law, religious law and corporate law within the legal framework inherited from the colonial era and various legislation first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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Legal advice

Legal advice is the giving of a professional or formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law in relation to a particular factual situation.

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List of acts of the Parliament of India

This is a chronological, but incomplete list of acts passed by the Imperial Legislative Council between 1861 and 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952.

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List of amendments of the Constitution of India

As of September 2023, there have been 106 amendments of the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950.

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List of current Indian chief justices

This is a list of current chief justices of the Supreme Court and high courts of India, the highest court in every state of the Republic of India.

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List of sitting judges of the high courts of India

There are 25 High courts in India.

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List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India

There are currently 34 judges (including the Chief Justice) who comprise the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the country. Judiciary of India and List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India are supreme Court of India.

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Lok Adalat

Lok Adalat is a Statutory Organization under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and was created as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in India to resolve disputes/grievances outside the conventional court system. Judiciary of India and Lok Adalat are law of India.

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Madras High Court

The Madras High Court is a High Court located in Chennai, India.

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Magistrate

The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mayor's Court

Until the founding of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in 1774, the Mayor's Courts in Madras, Calcutta and Bombay were the East India Company's highest courts in British India.

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Minister of Law and Justice

The Minister of Law and Justice is the head of the Ministry of Law and Justice and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.

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Ministry of Law and Justice (India)

The Ministry of Law and Justice (ISO: Vidhi aura Nyāya Maṁtrālaya) in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Justice respectively. Judiciary of India and ministry of Law and Justice (India) are law of India.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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National Judicial Academy (India)

National Judicial Academy for Judicial education and training was a significant initiative of the Supreme Court of India conceived in early 1990s.

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National Judicial Appointments Commission

The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a proposed body which would have been responsible for the recruitment, appointment and transfer of judicial officers, legal officers and legal employees under the government of India and in all state governments of India. Judiciary of India and National Judicial Appointments Commission are supreme Court of India.

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Nyaya panchayat

A Nyaya panchayat is a system of dispute resolution at the village level in the panchayati raj system of India. Judiciary of India and Nyaya panchayat are law of India.

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Original jurisdiction

In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.

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Parliament of India

The Parliament of India (IAST) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. Judiciary of India and Parliament of India are law of India.

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Pendency of court cases in India

Pendency of court cases in India is the delay in the disposal of cases (lawsuits) to provide justice to the aggrieved person or organisation by judicial courts at all levels. Judiciary of India and Pendency of court cases in India are law of India and supreme Court of India.

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Petit jury

In common law, a petit jury (or trial jury; pronounced or, depending on the jurisdiction) hears the evidence in a trial as presented by both the plaintiff (petitioner) and the defendant (respondent).

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Prashant Bhushan

Prashant Bhushan (born 15 October 1956) is an Indian author and a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.

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Prayagraj

Prayagraj (ISO), also known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.

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President of India

The president of India (IAST) is the head of state of the Republic of India.

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Press Information Bureau

The Press Information Bureau, commonly abbreviated as PIB, is a nodal agency of the Government of India under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_India

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