SUBORDINATION OF COURTS (SECTION 3)
SUBORDINATION OF COURTS (SECTION 3) Meaning of Subordination: · The term ‘subordinate’ means lower-in-rank or inferior in authority or power. · A Court inferior in authority to another Court is called its “ Subordinate Court. ” · A Court may be inferior in respect of the value of matters it is competent to try. A Court may also be inferior in respect of the geographical extent to which its authority extends. · The inferior Court functions under the superintendence of the superior Court. · Section 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 deals with the hierarchy of the Courts . · It categorically declares which Courts are subordinate Courts; and the Courts to which they are subordinate. Bare Language of Section 3 · “For the purposes of this Code, the District Court is subordinate to the High Court, and every Civil Court of a grade inferior to that of a