Act Number: 26

Act Name: The High Court at Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and Diu) Act, 1981

Year: 1981

Enactment Date: 1981-09-09

Long Title: An Act to provide for the extension of the jurisdiction of the High Court at Bombay to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, for the establishment of a permanent bench of that High Court at Panaji and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 9: Establishment of a permanent bench of Bombay High Court at Panaji.
    On and from the appointed day, there shall be established a permanent bench of the High Court at Bombay at Panaji and such Judges of the High Court at Bombay, being not less than two in number, as the Chief Justice of that High Court may, from time to time, nominate, shall sit at Panaji in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in that High Court in respect of cases arising in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu:
     Provided that the Chief Justice of that High Court may, in his discretion order that any case or class of cases arising in such territory shall be heard at Bombay.
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