The High Courts and Subordinate Courts — Part 2: District Courts and Lok Adalats: visual lesson, ICSE Class 10 History & Civics (H.C.G. Paper 1)

Lesson

District courts and Lok Adalats

Part 2 — the courts closest to the people: the District Judge, the Sessions Court and the Lok Adalat.

In this lesson you will

Describe the appointment and work of the Court of the District Judge
Describe the work of the Sessions Court and distinguish it from the District Judge's court
Trace the route of a civil and a criminal case through the courts
Explain what a Lok Adalat is and list its advantages and limits

Part 2 at a glance

Diagram

Hierarchy of courts in a State (schematic, not every court shown).

Below the High Court: civil and criminal branches.

Diagram

Table on the Court of the District Judge: appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Court; seven years as an advocate for direct appointment; hears civil appeals, important civil suits and supervises lower civil courts
Court of the District Judge	Detail
Appointed by	The Governor, in consultation with the High Court (Article 233)
Direct appointment from the Bar	At least 7 years as an advocate
Work	Civil appeals from lower courts; important civil suits; supervision of civil courts