CrPC Section 7 — Territorial divisions

CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

General

Official Text

(1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions divisions shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts:

Provided that every metropolitan area shall, for the said purposes, be a separate sessions division and district.

(2) The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, alter the limits or the number of such divisions and districts.

(3) The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, divide any district into sub-divisions and may alter the limits or the number of such sub-divisions.

(4) The sessions divisions, districts and sub-divisions existing in a State at the commencement of this Code, shall be deemed to have been formed under this section.

Related Judgments

  • YERRAM VIJAY KUMAR vs THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2026)
  • RANA NAHID @ RESHMA @ SANA & ANR. vs SAHIDUL HAQ CHISTI — Supreme Court of India (2020)
  • STATE OF NAGALAND vs RA TAN SINGH, ETC — Supreme Court of India (1966)
  • GURCHARAN DAS CHADHA vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Supreme Court of India (1965)
  • Mumbai Grahak Panchayat and Another. vs State of Maharashtra and Others., .., –, Shri Uday P. Warunjikar for t — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2017)
  • KARAN vs STATE NCT OF DELHI — Delhi High Court (2020)

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