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How many types of courts are there in Nepal?
The Supreme Court of Nepal (Nepali: सर्वोच्च अदालत) is the highest court in Nepal. It has appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the seven High Courts (including eleven Benches of the High Courts) and extraordinary original jurisdiction.
How many Supreme Court are there in Nepal?
This is a list of judges of the Supreme Court of Nepal, the highest court in Nepal. The list is ordered according to seniority. There are currently 19 judges (including the Chief Justice) and maximum possible strength is 21.
What are the three jurisdiction of High Court?
The Supreme Court in India has three types of jurisdictions – original, appellate and advisory as provided in Articles 131, 133 – 136 and 143 respectively of the Indian Constitution.
What are the two jurisdictions of the Supreme Court?
The Constitution states that the Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction.
What is ordinary jurisdiction?
original jurisdiction in a district, but does not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil. Central Government Act.
What is the jurisdiction of Supreme Court and High Court?
The Supreme Court can only issue writs to enforce the Fundamental Rights and not for any other reason. The High court, on the other hand, can issue writs for a variety of reasons, including the enforcement of basic rights. It signifies that the High Court’s writ jurisdiction is broader than the Supreme Court’s.
What are the original and appellate jurisdictions of the Supreme Court?
Original jurisdiction means that the court has the right to hear the case first. Appellate jurisdiction means that the court hears an appeal from a court of original jurisdiction. The federal district courts serve as both trial courts and appellate courts.
Who is the chief of the Supreme Court in Nepal?
Cholendra Shumsher Rana
The Chief Justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system. The current Chief Justice is Cholendra Shumsher Rana, who took over the role on 2 January 2019.
What is pecuniary jurisdiction?
Pecuniary jurisdiction: Pecuniary means ‘related to money’. Pecuniary jurisdiction tries to address whether a court of law can try cases and suits of the monetory value/amount of the case or suit in question. For example, consumer courts have different pecuniary jurisdictions.
What is original jurisdiction of court?
In common law legal systems original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court’s decision.