The trial tier, organised under the Civil Courts Act 1887 and the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 — both British Indian statutes still in force. Separate Family Courts operate under the Family Courts Ordinance 1985, and specialised Artha Rin Adalat handle bank loan recovery, which is where most secured-lending disputes go.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- District civil and criminal court
- Jurisdiction
- First-instance civil suits, criminal trials before Sessions Judges, and appeals from courts of Assistant Judges and magistrates.
- Seat
- District headquarters
- Established
- 1887
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