THE DELHI HIGH COURT ACT, 1966

ACT NO. 26 OF 1966 · Enacted [5th September, 1966.] · 22 sections

Section 1.Short title and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

Section 3.High Court.

Section 3A.Salaries and allowances or Judges to be expenditure charged on Consolidated Fund of India.

Section 4.Exceptions and modifications subject to which the provisions of Chapter V of Part VI of the Constitution apply to the High Court of Delhi.

Section 5.Jurisdiction of High Court of Delhi.

Section 6.Power to enrol legal practitioners, etc.

Section 7.Practice and procedure in the High Court of Delhi.

Section 8.Custody of the Seal of the High Court of Delhi.

Section 9.Form of writs and other processes.

Section 10.Powers of Judges.

Section 11.Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court.

Section 12.Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Punjab to the High Court of Delhi.

Section 13.Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to the High Court of Delhi.

Section 14.Interpretation.

Section 15.Savings.

Section 16.Pending proceedings before subordinate courts in Delhi.

Section 17.Extension of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Delhi.

Section 18.Rule of construction.

Section 19.[Repealed.]

Section 20.Power to remove difficulties.

Section 21.Power to adapt laws.