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Act Number: 26

Act Name: The Delhi High Court Act, 1966

Year: 1966

Enactment Date: 1966-09-05

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution of a High Court for the Union territory of Delhi, for the extension of the jurisdiction of that High Court to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 High Court.
3A Salaries and allowances or Judges to be expenditure charged on Consolidated Fund of India.
4 Exceptions and modifications subject to which the provisions of Chapter V of Part VI of the Constitution apply to the High Court of Delhi.
5 Jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi.
6 Power to enrol legal practitioners, etc.
7 Practice and procedure in the High Court of Delhi.
8 Custody of the Seal of the High Court of Delhi.
9 Form of writs and other processes.
10 Powers of Judges.
11 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court.
12 Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Punjab to the High Court of Delhi.
13 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to the High Court of Delhi.
14 Interpretation.
15 Savings.
16 Pending proceedings before subordinate courts in Delhi.
17 Extension of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi.
18 Rule of construction.
19 Repealed.
20 Power to remove difficulties.
21 Power to adapt laws.
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