Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869

Year: 1869

Enactment Date: 1869-03-19

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the District and Subordinate Civil Courts in the Presidency of Bombay.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 9: Control and inspection of Courts.
    The District Judge shall have general control over all the Civil Courts and their establishments within the District, and it shall be his duty to inspect, or to cause one of his Assistants to inspect, the proceedings of all the Courts subordinate to him, and to give such directions with respect to matters not provided for by law as he may think necessary. The District Judge shall also refer to the High Court all such matters as appear to him to require that a rule of that Court should be made thereon.
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