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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Complete Act

Title: Delhi High Court Act, 1966

State: Central

Year: 1966

.....Delhi Section8 - Custody of the Seal of the High Court of Delhi Section9 - Form of writs and other processes Section10 - Powers of Judges Section11 - Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court Section12 - Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Punjab to the High Court of Delhi Section13 - Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to the High Court of Delhi Section14 - Interpretation Section15 - Savings Section16 - Pending proceedings before subordinate Courts in Delhi Section17 - Extension of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi Section18 - Rule of construction Section19 - Amendment of certain laws Section20 - Power to remove difficulties Section21 - Power to adapt laws Amending Act1 - DELHI HIGH COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 7

Title: Practice and Procedure a in the High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the law in force immediately before the appointed day with respect to practice and procedure in the High Court of Punjab shall with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the High Court of Delhi and accordingly the High Court of Delhi shall have all such powers to make rules and orders with respect to practice and procedure as arc immediately before the appointed day exercisable by the High Court of Punjab and shall also have powers to make rules and orders with respect to practice and procedure for the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction: Provided that any rules or orders which are in force immediately before the appointed day with respect to practice and procedure in the High Court of Punjab shall, untill varied or revoked by rules or orders made by the High Court of Delhi, apply with the necessary modifications in relation to practice and procedure in the High Court of Delhi as if made by that High Court.

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 12

Title: Transfer of Proceedings from the High Court of Punjab to the High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

.....may be after such certification, be transferred to theHigh Court of Delhi. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained insub-sections (1)and (2)of this section and in section 5, but save as hereinafterprovided, theHigh Court of Punjab shall have, and the High Court of Delhishall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of, appeals,applications for leave to appeal including leave to appeal to the Supreme Court,applications for review and other proceedings where any such proceedingsseek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Punjabbefore the appointed day: Providedthat if after any such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Punjab, it appears to the ChiefJustice of thatHigh Court that they ought to be transferred to theHigh Court of Delhi, he shall order that they shall be so transferred,and such proceedingsshall thereupon be transferred accordingly. (4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab -- (a)before the appointed day, in any proceedings transferred to theHigh Court of Delhi by virtue of sub-section (2); (b)in any proceedings with respect to which theHigh Court of Punjab retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section.....

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 4

Title: Exceptions and Modifications Subject to Which the Provisions of Chapter V of Part Vi of the Constitution Apply to the High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

.....namely: -- (a) in Article 217, the words "the Governor of the State" shall be omitted and in relation to appointments to be made under sub-section (2), that article shall be construed as if the words "and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High court", had also been omitted; (b) in Article 219, the reference to the Governor of the State, and in the proviso to clause (3) of Article 227, the reference to the Governor, shall be construed as a reference to the administrator of the Union Territory of Delhi; (c) the provisions of Article 225 shall not apply; (d) in Article 229,-- (i) the reference to the Governor of the State shall be construed as references to the administrator of the Union territory of Delhi; (ii) the references to the State Public Service Commission, the Legislature of the State and the Consolidated Fund of the State shall be construed, respectively, as refer­ences to the Union Public Service Commission, Parliament and the Consolidated Fund of India; (e) the Provisions of Article 230 shall apply subject to the modifications that -- (i) in clause (i) thereof, for the words "High.....

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Amending Act 1

Title: Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003

State: Central

Year: 1966

..... ______________________ 1.Date appointed is 16.07.2003 vide Notification No. SO 806(E) Dated 16.07.2003 2. Amendment of Act 26 of 1966 In sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, for the words "rupees five lakhs", the words "rupees twenty lakhs" shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of Pubjab Act VI of 1918, as in force in National Capital Territory of Delhi In the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, as in force in the National Capital Territory of Delhi,-- (i) in section 25, for the words "rupees five lakhs", the words "rupees twenty lakhs" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 39,-- (a) in sub-clause (iii), for the word "and" occurring at the end, the word "or" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(iv) where the decree or order is made after the commencement of the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003 and the value of the original suit in which the decree or order is made does not exceed rupees three lakhs; and''. 4. Power of Chief Justice to transfer pending suits and proceedings to subordinate courts The Chief Justice of the High Court of.....

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 17

Title: Extension of the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

.....with the necessary modifications, apply to the High Court of Delhi in exercise of jurisdiction conferred upon it by this section. (7) All proceedings pending immediately before the prescribed date in any subordinate Court in the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh in or in relation to any such civil suit as is referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (3) shall on that dale stand transferred to the High Court of Delhi which shall proceed to try, hear and determine the mailer as if it had been pending therein. ________________________ 1. The date so appointed is l-5-1967. 2. Substituted for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees" by Act 37 of 1969. Section 4 (1-10-1969).

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Preamble 1

Title: Delhi High Court Act, 1966

State: Central

Year: 1966

DELHI HIGH COURT ACT, 1966 [Act, No. 26 of 1966] [5th September, 1966] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the constitution of a High Court for the Union territory of Delhi, for the extension of the jurisdiction of that High Court to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh1and fur matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows : -- ________________________ 1. Himachal Pradesh is a State now and has a separate High Court See Act 53 of 1970. Sections. 21, 25 and 30.

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 3

Title: High Court

State: Central

Year: 1966

(1) As from such date1as 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. ________________________ 1. Date appointed is 31-10-1966.

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 5

Title: Jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

(1) The High Court of Delhi shall have, in respect of the territories for the time being included in the Union Territory of Delhi, all such original, appellate and other jurisdiction as, under the law in force immediately before the appointed day, is exercisable in respect of the said territories by the High Court of Punjab. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the High Court of Delhi shall also have in respect of the said territories ordinary original civil jurisdiction in every suit the value of which exceeds1[rupees twenty lakhs] ________________________ 1. Substituted for "[rupees five lakhs]." by the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003 (35 of 2003) w.e.f 16.07.2003

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Delhi High Court Act, 1966 Section 13

Title: Right to Appear or to Act in Proceedings Transferred to the High Court of Delhi

State: Central

Year: 1966

Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is an advocate entitled to practice or an attorney entitled to act, in the High Court of Punjab and was authorised to appear or to act in any proceedings transferred from that High Court to the High Court of Delhi under Section 12, shall have the right to appear or to act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Delhi in relation to those proceedings.

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