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federal courts

federal courts courts established under the U.S. Constitution. The term usually refers to courts of the federal judicial branch, which include the Supreme Court of the

Jurisdiction

insti-tutional mechanism or authority, designed to be not less effective than the High Court, consistently with the amended constitutional scheme but at the same time not to negate judicial review jurisdiction of constitutional courts. Transfer of jurisdiction

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Court

functions and as such are subject to the overriding jurisdiction of this court under Art. 136 of the Constitution. Their powers are derived from the statute that creates them and they have to function within the limits

jurisdiction

meet the requirements of due process and must not violate notions of fair play and substantial justice. The constitutional standard to determine whether a party is subject to the personal jurisdiction of a court is whether that

Appeal

In U.S.A., the Supreme Court has no appellate jurisdiction in ordinary civil cases, its jurisdiction being confined to constitutional matters. The Australian High Court possesses a general appellate jurisdiction, but further appeal lies to the Privy Council.

High Court

High Court, means any court which is deemed for the purposes of this Constitution to be a High Court for any State and includes-- (a) any Court in the territory of India

Judgment

Southern Roadways (P) Ltd. v. P. Mathurai Veeraswami, AIR 1964 Mad 194 (196) (FB). Article 226 of the Constitution is an independent proceeding in which the question of the right of the Income-tax Officer to proceed with … Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law

Court of record

the High Court and the control over the district courts and court subordinate thereto is vested in it, Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. H, 6th Edn., p. 286. Although the Supreme Court as the final

Tribunal

Tribunal, includes, within its ambit, all adjudicating bodies, provided they are constituted by the State and are invested with judicial, as distinguished from purely administrative or executive functions, Durga Shankar … v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh, AIR 1954 SC 520: 1954 SCJ 723: (1954) 2 Mad LJ 385. Tribunal, labour court is not a tribunal, State of Assam v. Harizon Union, AIR 1967 SC 442: (1967) 30 FJR 354.

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