Constitution Section 235 — Control over subordinate courts

Part VI — THE STATES — CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS

Constitutional

Summary

The High Court is given the authority to manage district courts and the courts below them. This includes decisions about posting, promotion, and granting leave to state judicial officers who hold a rank lower than district judge. However, this does not remove any right of appeal those officers have under their service rules, nor does it allow the High Court to treat them in any way that goes against those service conditions.

Official Text

The control over district courts and courts subordinate thereto including the posting and promotion of, and the grant of leave to, persons belonging to the judicial service of a State and holding any post inferior to the post of district judge shall be vested in the High Court, but nothing in this article shall be construed as taking away from any such person any right of appeal which he may have under the law regulating the conditions of his service or as authorising the High Court to deal with him otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of his service prescribed under such law.