BNSS Section 9 — Courts of Judicial Magistrates

CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Criminal

Summary

In every district, the state government, after consulting the High Court, will set up as many Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first and second class as needed, and will announce their locations through a public notice. The state government may also, after consulting the High Court, create one or more Special Courts of Judicial Magistrates for a specific area to handle a particular case or type of case, and once such a Special Court is established, no other magistrate court in that area can hear those cases. The High Court appoints the judges who preside over these courts, and it can also give the powers of a first or second class Judicial Magistrate to any judicial service member who works as a civil court judge, if it seems necessary or convenient.

Official Text

(1) In every district there shall be established as many Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first class and of the second class, and at such places, as the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, by notification, specify:

Provided that the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, establish, for any local area, one or more Special Courts of Judicial Magistrates of the first class or of the second class to try any particular case or particular class of cases, and where any such Special Court is established, no other Court of Magistrate in the local area shall have jurisdiction to try any case or class of cases for the trial of which such Special Court of Judicial Magistrate has been established.

(2) The presiding officers of such Courts shall be appointed by the High Court.

(3) The High Court may, whenever it appears to it to be expedient or necessary, confer the powers of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or of the second class on any member of the Judicial Service of the State, functioning as a Judge in a Civil Court.

Related Judgments

  • SC (2025) Vol.5 p.730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.6 p.545 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.7 p.979 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1469 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.11 p.291 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1588 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1309 — Supreme Court of India (2025)

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