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India Court of Sessions. Below the High Court
is a Court of Sessions of which the Judge, in his or her
capacity as District Judge, also handles civil cases. There are
a few Additional and Assistant Judges exercising the powers of
the Sessions Judge in specified offenses.
India Special courts. The Criminal Procedure
Code empowers the High Court, upon being requested by the Union
or State Government, to confer on any person the powers of a
Judicial Magistrate to try particular cases or classes of cases.
Special courts exist for handling a variety of problems,
including terrorist violence, family disputes, juvenile
delinquency, theft of forest wealth, corruption among public
officials, and various socio-economic offenses (such as
adulteration, hoarding and black-marketing of essential food
articles). Judges presiding over such courts sometimes look
after IPC offenses.
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
Company Law Board Customs,
Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)
Debts Recovery Tribunal,
Hyderabad Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)
The Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal at Chennai
India Classification of Crimes:
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) divides an
estimated 300 offenses into two classes. Cognizable crimes are
those in which a police officer may arrest the accused or a
suspect without a warrant, and includes murder, rioting, rape,
kidnapping and abduction, robbery, dacoity, organized robbery,
house-breaking and theft. Non- cognizable crimes are those in
which a warrant is required for arrest and are generally of a
more trivial nature. Crimes can be classified as "bailable" or
"non-bailable", depending on their severity.
Age of criminal responsibility. Under the IPC, criminal
responsibility starts at the age of seven. However, any act by a
child between 7 and 12 years old, which would otherwise be
criminal, is free from liability if it is proved that the child
had not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge
the nature and consequences of his or her conduct on the
occasion in question.
Drug offenses. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act of 1985 promulgated by the Union government is
the main legislation dealing with drug offenses. The Act defines
narcotic drugs as coca leaf, cannabis (hemp) opium straw, and
manufactured drugs, which includes all coca derivatives,
medicinal cannabis, opium derivatives and poppy straw
concentrate. Psychotropic substances are those listed in the
Schedule of the Act and include, among others, LSD, DET, and MDA.
The Act prohibits cultivation of coca plants and the possession,
sale, purchase, and use of coca leaves in violation of the Act
and in contravention of any license granted under it. A similar
prohibition is imposed by the Act for psychotropic substances.
Officers empowered under the Act include those of the Union
Government (Central Excise, Narcotics, Customs) and the State
Government (including Revenue, Drug Control, Excise, and the
Police).
List of Districts in India.
Districts Of Andhra Pradesh Nellore Cuddapah Karim Nagar
Kurnool West Godavari Srikakulam Anantpur Adilabad Chittor east
Godavari Guntur Hyderabad Urban Khammam Krishna Mehboobnagar
Medak Nalgonda Nizamabad Prakasam Ranga Reddy Vishakapatnam
Vizianagaram Warangal
Districts Of Assam Karimganj Darrang Dibrugarh Morigaon
Tinsukia Bongaigaon Nalbari Kokrajhar Kamrup Karbi-Anglong
Nagaon N.C.Hills Dhemaji Hailakandi Lakhimpur Sonitpur Dhubri
Goalpara Barpeta Golaghat Jorhat Sibsagar Cachar
Districts Of Arunachal Pradesh Diban Valley( Anini Valley)
East Kameng Seppa Itanagar East Siang(Passighat) Lohit(Tezu)
Lower Subansiri(Ziro) Khonsa Roin Tawang Changalang Dibang
Valley Daporijo Bomdila Alog( West Siang )
Districts Of Bihar Muzaffarpur Jehanabad Gaya Patna Saran(
Chapra ) Darbhanga Saharsa Purnea Bhagalpur Munger Aurangabad
Bhojpur(Arah) Begusarai East Champaran Gopalganj Jamui Katihar
Khagaria Madhepura Madhubani Nalanda Nawada Rohtas(Sasaram)
Samastipur Sitamarhi Siwan Vaishali(Hajipur) West Champaran
Kishanganj Araria Bhabua Banka Buxar Supaul Sekhpura Seohar
Lakhisarai
Districts Of Gujarat Panchmahals Vadodara Amrela Kheda
Ahmedabad Valsad Junagadh Mehsana Banaskantha Gandhinagar
Bharuch Dangs Jamnagar Rajkot Surat Sabarkantha Kutch Bhavnagar
Surendranagar Navsari Anand Narmada Patan Porbander Dahod
Districts Of Haryana Gurgaon Rohtak Ambala Bhiwani Faridabad
Hissar Jind Kaithal Karnal Kurukshetra Mahendragarh Panchkula
Panipat Sonipat Yamunanagar Sirsa Rewari Jhanjhar Fatehabad
Districts Of Himachal Pradesh Sirmour Hamirpur Kullu Solan
Mandi Chamba Bilaspur Kangra Kinnaur Lahaul-Spiti Shimla Una
Districts Of Jammu & Kashmir Kathua Badgan Poonch Rajauri
Baramula Doda Udhampur Jammu Kupwara Pulwama Anantnag Srinagar
Leh Kargil
Districts Of Karnataka Mysore Gulberga Chitradurga Kolar
Bijapur Dakshina Kannada Raichur Bellary Belgaum Hassan Dharwad
Bangalore Rural Shimoga Mandya Chickmagalur Bangalore Urban
Madikeri Tumkur Bidar Karwar Udupi Davanagare Chamrajnagar
Koppal Haveri Gadak Yadgir
Districts Of Kerala Kozhikode Kasaragod Idukki Ernakulam
Cannanore Mallapuram Palghat Pathanamthitta Quilon Trichur
Wayanad Trivandrum Kottayam Alapuzzha
Districts Of Madhya Pradesh Sindi Vidisha Jabalpur Bhopal
Hoshangabad Indore Rewa Satna Shahdol Chhindwara Ratlam Balaghat
Betul Bhind Mandla Chhattarpur Damoh Datia Dewas Dhar Guna
Gwalior Jhabua Sehore Mandsaur Narsinghpur Panna Raisen Rajgarh
Sagar Seoni Morena Shivpuri Shajapur Tikamgarh Ujjain Khandwa
Khargone Dindori Umaria Badwani Sheopur Katni Neemuch Harda
Anooppur Burhanpur Ashoknagar
Districts Of Maharashtra Aurangabad Bandra(Mumbai Suburban
district) Nagpur Pune Akola Chandrapur Jalgaon Parbhani Sholapur
Thane Latur Mumbai-City Buldhana Dhule Kolhpur Nanded Raigad
Amravati Nashik Wardha Ahmednagar Beed Bhandara Gadchiroli Jalna
Osmanabad Ratnagiri Sangli Satara Sindudurg Yavatmal Nandurbar
Washim Gondia Hingoli
Districts Of Manipur Imphal East Imphal West Thoubal
Bishnupur Chandel Churachandpur Senapati Ukhrul Tamenglong
Districts Of Meghalaya Ri-Bhoi District South Garo Hills East
Khasi Hill East Garo Hill West Garo Hill Jaintia Hill West Khasi
Hill
Districts Of Mizoram Luglei District Chimtipui District
Aizawal Champhai Mamit Kolasib Serchhip Lawngtlai
Districts Of Nagaland Wokha Phek Tuensang Mon Kohima
Zunheboto Mokokchung Dimapur
Districts Of Orissa Khurda Navaragpur Navapada Gajapati Boudh
Bhadrak Ganjam Dhenkanal Angul Puri Cuttak Sambalpur Kalhandi
Koraput Phulbani Balangir Bargah Deogarh Jagatsinghpur Jajpur
Jharsuguda Kendrapara Malkangiri Nayagarh Rayagada Sonepur
Balasore Mayurbhanj Keonjhar Sundergarh
Districts Of Punjab Sangrur Jalandhar Ludhiana Bhatinda
Kapurthala Patiala Amritsar Ferozepur Fatehgarh Saheb Ropar
Gurdaspur Hosiarpur Faridkot Mansa Moga Muktsar Navansahar
Districts Of Rajasthan Jaipur Barmer Dungarpur Jodhpur Kota
Udaipur Bikaner Dausa Bundi Sikar Tonk Jaisalmer Nagaur
Rajsamand Banswara Bhilwara Ajmer Alwar Bharatpur Chittorgarh
Churu Dholpur Ganganagar Jalor Jhalawar Jhunjhunu Pali Sawai
Madhopur Sirohi Baran Hanumangarh Karauli
Districts Of Sikkim East South West North
Districts Of Tamil Nadu Chennai Coimbotore Cuddalorei
Dharmapuri Dindigul Erode Kancheepuram Kanniyakumari (HQ :
Nagercoil) Karur Madurai Nagapattinam Namakkal Nilgiris (HQ:
Udhagamandalam) Perambalur Pudukkottai Ramanathapuram Salem
Sivaganga Thanjavur Theni Thoothkudi Tiruchiorappalli
Tirunelveli Tiruvallur Tiruvannamalai Tiruvarur Vellore
Villupuram Virudhunagar
Districts Of Tripura North District South District West
District Dhalai District
Districts Of Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Aligarh Bareilly Gonda
Hardoi Kanpur Dehat Ghaziabad Unnav Varanasi Faizabad Gorakpur
Jhansi Lucknow Agra Meerut Moradabad Barabanki Mainpuri Etawah
Gazipur Etah Muzaffar Nagar Saharanpur Bulandshehar Mathura
Firozabad Budaun Shahjahanpur Pilibhit Bijnor Rampur
Kanpur(Nagar) Farrukhabad Fatehpur Pratapgarh Jalaun Hamirpur
Lalitpur Mirzapur Basti Deoria Raebareili Sitapur Banda
Lakhimpur-Khedi Bahraich Sultanpur Mau Azamgarh Jaunpur Balia
Bhadoi Padrauna Maharajganj Siddharth Nagar Sunbhadra Mahoba
Ambedkarnagar Gautam Bodda Nagar Maha Maya Nagar jyotiba Phoole
Nagar Kaushambi Shooji Maharaj Chandauli Balrampur Shravati
Bagpat Kanooj Oraiyya Sant Kabir Nagar
Districts Of West Bengal Howrah Darjeeling Medinipur
Murshidabad Coochbehar Malda Birbhum North 24 Parganas South 24
Parganas Bankura Bardhaman Jalpaiguri Hooghly Nadia Dakshin
Dinajpur Purulia Uttar Dinajpur Siliguri
Districts Of Delhi New Delhi Central North North West West
South West North North East
Districts Of Goa North Goa South Goa
Districts Of Pondicherry Karikal Mahe Yaman Pondicherry
Districts Of Lakshdweep Lakshdweep
Districts Of Daman & Diu Dama Diu
Districts Of Dadra & Nagar Dadra
Districts Of Chandigarh Chandigarh
Districts Of Andaman & Nicobar Andaman Nicobar
Districts Of Uttaranchal Nainital Almora Pitoragarh
Udhamsingh Nagar Bageshwar Champawat Garhwal(Pauri)
Tehri-Garhwal Chamoli( Gopeshwar ) Uttarkashi Dehradun
Rudraprayag Haridwar
Districts Of Jharkhand Deoghar Dhanbad Giridih Godda Gumla
Hazaribagh Lohardaga Palamu Ranchi Dumka Chaibasa(West Singhbhum)
Jamshedpur(East Singhbhum) Bokaro Chatra Garhwa Koderma Pakur
Sahebganj Simdega Latehar Saraikela Jamtara
Districts Of Chattisgarh Bastar Bilaspur Dantewada Dhamtari
Durg Janjgir-Champa Jashpur Kanker Kawardha Korba Koriya
Mahasamund Raigarh Rajnandgaon Surguja Raipur
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