Section 2
Seals of High Courts.
The High Courts (Seals) Act, 1950
About this Act
An Act to provide for the use of seals of common form and design by the High Courts in the States.
(1) Every High Court in a 1
[State] shall have and use, as occasion may
arise, a seal bearing a device and impression of the Asoka capital within an exergue or label surrounding
the same, with the following inscriptions at convenient places, namely, “THE SEAL OF THE HIGH
COURT AT (or OF) ..............”, followed by the name of the seal of the High Court or the name of the
State, as the case may be, and “Satyameva Jayate” in Devanagari script.
(2) Every Court of the Judicial Commissioner for a 2 [Union territory] shall have and use, as occasion may arise, a seal similar to the seal of a High Court in a 3 * * * State, but with the first inscription reading “THE SEAL OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR .......................” followed by the 4 [name of the Union territory].
(3) The provisions of this shall supersede any provision contrary thereto or inconsistent therewith contained in any Letters Patent, Order, direction or other law relating to the use of seals by High Courts.
(2) Every Court of the Judicial Commissioner for a 2 [Union territory] shall have and use, as occasion may arise, a seal similar to the seal of a High Court in a 3 * * * State, but with the first inscription reading “THE SEAL OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR .......................” followed by the 4 [name of the Union territory].
(3) The provisions of this shall supersede any provision contrary thereto or inconsistent therewith contained in any Letters Patent, Order, direction or other law relating to the use of seals by High Courts.
Notes
1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part A State or Part B State".
2. Subs., ibid., for "Part C State".
3. The word and letter "Part A" omitted, ibid.
4. Subs., ibid., for "name of the State".
2. Subs., ibid., for "Part C State".
3. The word and letter "Part A" omitted, ibid.
4. Subs., ibid., for "name of the State".