Courts in Delhi
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Courts in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi include:
- Supreme Court of India
- High Court of Delhi
- 7 district courts of Delhi
- Various other tribunals
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial authority and highest court of India.{{cite web |url=https://main.sci.gov.in/ |title=Supreme Court of India |publisher=The Registrar, Supreme Court of India |access-date=17 March 2013}} It located between Tilak Marg and Delhi-Mathura road (NH-2) in New Delhi.
High Court
The High Court of Delhi, established in 1966, is the highest court of Delhi.{{cite web |url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/ |title=High Court of Delhi |publisher=Registrar General, Delhi High Court |access-date=17 March 2013}} It is located on the Sher Shah road near India Gate in New Delhi.
District Courts
- District courts of Delhi: There are seven district-level court complexes for the 11 administrative districts of Delhi.{{cite web |url=https://delhidistrictcourts.nic.in/ |title=Official Website: Delhi District Courts |website=delhidistrictcourts.nic.in |publisher= Delhi District Courts |access-date=14 April 2022}}{{cite news |title=Rouse Avenue Court Complex Not A Separate District Within The Existing Central District, Delhi HC Clarifies [Read Letter] |url=https://lawstreet.co/legal-insiders/rouse-avenue-court-complex-not-a-separate-district-within-the-existing-central-district-delhi-hc-clarifies-read-letter |access-date=24 December 2023 |publisher=Lawstreet.co |date=2 April 2019}} These seven courts house eleven district courts, which are headed by individual district judges.
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! S.No. ! Name of Court ! Districts ! Year of Establishment ! Number of Courts |
1
| Tis Hazari Court (Kashmere Gate) | align=center| 1958 | 14 courts (11 MM + 3 CJ) |
2
| align=center| 1977 | 7 courts (7 MM) |
3
| Karkardooma Court (Anand Vihar) | East, North-East & Shahdara | align=center| 1993 | 6 courts (6 MM) |
4
| Rohini Court | North-West & North Delhi | align=center| 2005 | 2 courts (2 MM) |
5
| Dwarka Court | South-West Delhi | align=center| 2008 | 3 courts (3 MM) |
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| Saket Court | South & South-East Delhi | align=center| 2010 | 6 courts (5 MM + 1 CJ) |
7
| Rouse Avenue Court (ITO, Delhi) | align=center| 2019 |
Tribunals
Apart from the above courts, there are various tribunals in Delhi. These institutions have been established for discharging judicial or quasi-judicial duties in order to reduce the case load of the judiciary, and bring subject expertise for technical matters.{{cite web |url=https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2021/Note%20-%20Tribunal%20system%20in%20India.pdf |title=The Tribunal System in India |date=24 July 2021 |website=prsindia.org |publisher=PRS India |access-date=23 December 2023}}
- Appellate Tribunal for Electricity{{cite web |url=http://aptel.gov.in/ |title=Appellate Tribunal for Electricity |publisher=APTEL |access-date=17 March 2023}}
- Central Administrative Tribunal{{cite web|url=https://cgat.gov.in/ |title=Central Administrative Tribunal|publisher=CAT |access-date=17 March 2013}}
- Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal{{cite web |url=https://cestat.gov.in/ |title=Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal |publisher=CESTAT |access-date=17 March 2013}}
- Cyber Appellate Tribunal{{cite web|url=http://catindia.gov.in|title=Cyber Appellate Tribunal|publisher=gov.in|date=|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522173240/http://catindia.gov.in/|archive-date=22 May 2011|url-status=dead}}
- Debt Recovery Tribunal{{cite web |url=https://drt.gov.in/ |title= Home: DRT |website=drt.gov.in |publisher= Debt Recovery Tribunal |access-date= 14 April 2022}}
- Income Tax Appellate Tribunal{{cite web|url=https://itat.gov.in/ |title=Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |publisher=ITAT |access-date=17 March 2023}}
- National Company Law Tribunal{{cite web |url=https://nclat.nic.in/ |title=National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) |website=nclat.nic.in |publisher= NCLAT |access-date= 23 December 2023}}
- National Green Tribunal{{cite web |url=https://www.greentribunal.gov.in/ |title=National Green Tribunal (NGT) |website=greentribunal.gov.in |publisher=NGT |access-date= 23 December 2023}}
- Railway Claims Tribunal{{cite web|url=https://rct.indianrail.gov.in/ |title=Railway Claims Tribunal |publisher=RCT |access-date=20 September 2013}}
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