Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 Part III - Bare Act

Act Info:

There shall be in each district a District Court presided over by a Judge to be called the District Judge.

The District Judge shall ordinarily hold the District Court at the sadr station in his district, but may, with the previous sanction of the High Court, hold it elsewhere within the district.

The District Court shall be the principal Court of original civil jurisdiction in the district, within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Except as provided in sections 16, 17 and 26, the District Court shall be the Court of Appeal from all decrees and orders passed by the subordinate Courts from which an appeal lies under any law for the time being in force.

The District Judge shall have general control over all the Civil Courts and their establishments within the district, and it shall be his duty to inspect, or to cause one of his assistants to inspect, the proceedings of all the courts subordinate to him, and to give such directions with respect to matters not provided for by law as he may think necessary.

The District Judge shall also refer to the High Court all such matters as appear to him to require that a rule of that Court should be made thereon.

The District Judge shall obey all writs, orders or processes issued to him by the High Court, and shall make such returns or reports thereto under his signature and the seal of the Courts as the exigencies of the case require.

Reports and returns.- He shall further furnish such reports and returns and copies of proceedings as may be called for by the High Court or the State Government.

The District Judge shall use a circular seal, two inches in diameter, which shall bear thereon¹[the Asoka Capital Motif,] with the following inscription in English and the principal language of the district: -- "District Court of.........."

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1 . Sub stituted for the words 'Royal Arms" by B om Act 22 of 1949 , Section 3 .