CrPC Section 10 — Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges

CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

General

Summary

Sub-section (1) says that every Assistant Sessions Judge is subordinate to the Sessions Judge of the court where they exercise jurisdiction.

Sub-section (2) allows the Sessions Judge to make rules, consistent with the Code, for distributing work among the Assistant Sessions Judges.

Sub-section (3) allows the Sessions Judge to arrange for urgent applications to be dealt with if the Sessions Judge is absent or unable to act. The application may be dealt with by an Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, or, if there is no Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The Judge or Magistrate handling it is treated as having jurisdiction to deal with that application.

Official Text

(1) All Assistant Sessions Judges shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise jurisdiction.

(2) The Sessions Judge may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Code, as to the distribution of business among such Assistant Sessions Judges.

(3) The Sessions Judge may also make provision for the disposal of any urgent application, in the event of his absence or inability to act, by an Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, or, if there be no Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and every such Judge or Magistrate shall be deemed to have jurisdiction to deal with any such application.