Fill in the blanks:
(a) Guwahati High Court acts as a High Court of ....................... States of
North-East India.
(b) The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by ....................... in
consultation with .......................
(c) The High Court has ....................... jurisdiction and .......................
jurisdiction.
(d) There are three kinds of subordinate courts: (i) .......................
(ii) ....................... and (iii) .......................
Answers
Answer:
India
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ANSWER:
a. Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and Meghalaya
b. President, Chief Justice of Supreme Court and Governor of the State
c. Original, Appellate
d. Village courts, "Lok Adalat (people's court)" or "Nyaya panchayat" (justice of the villages)
EXPLANATION:
a. The High Court's Chief Justice is generally nominated by the President along with the Supreme Court's Justice as well as the State Governor
b. On reorganisation of the North-Eastern (NE)states in the year 1971 a common High Court,that is, Guwahati was set-up for 5NE states Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Manipur, and 2 Union Territories (UTs) ("Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram")
c. The High Court's original jurisdiction includes matters concerning contempt of court, matrimonial, admiralty and cases related to orders of transfer of such cases from lower to High Court.The High Court's appellate jurisdiction hear appeals related to civil /criminal cases, cases including interpretation of the Law/Constitution, and cases related to sales tax, income tax, etc.
Lok Adalat or People's Court is an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism and a forum where cases pending at the prelitigation stage or on achu or in a court are usually settled. A Nyaya Panchayat is a system where resolution of disputes at the village level is done. Village courts or Gram Nyayalayas were established for the easy and speedy access to the justice system in rural areas