The Courts structure of Bangladesh. Courts of Bangladesh. Bangladesh courts structure.
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Hierarchy of Courts in BangladeshThere
Hierarchy of Courts in Bangladesh
There are two divisions of the courts of Bangladesh.
A. Supreme Court of Bangladesh
B. Subordinate Court (also known as, District Courts or Lower Courts)
A. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh or Bangladesh Supreme Court: This is the Highest court of the country, within the court, there are two divisions.
The Appellate Division:
The Appellate Division is chaired by The honourable Chief justice and seven other judges, the supreme court has no original jurisdiction, The court is empowered by two sources. 1. The Constitution of the people’s republic of Bangladesh and 2. by statutory laws.
The Hight Court Division:
High Court Division consists of Eighty Two Judges. Like the Appellate Division, the High Court Division has empowered by two sources and they have various kinds of jurisdiction. Here is a snap what the do and their classification.
B. Subordinate Court (also known as, District Courts or Lower Courts)
The subordinate court has various types of jurisdiction and classifications so it is quite impossible to mention them all but here is some useful information that will help to get an idea of the scope of subordinate courts.
Civil Courts under General Hierarchy
The Court of The District Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction Unlimited
Do not try original suits
Have administrative control over the civil courts
Has power to try, transfer, withdraw any suit, appeal or other proceedings in any civil courts below the HCD (sec. 24 CPC)
Jurisdiction over probate and letter of administration.
Has revisional power
The Court of The Additional District Judge
Similar to the power of District Judge Court except for administration power.
The Court of The Joint District Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction Unlimited
Both original and appellate jurisdiction
A suit from this court as an appeal goes to the court of district judge if the limit do not exceed 5 lac, over 5 lac the suit goes to the HCD
Also empowered as The Small Causes Court.
The Court of The Senior Assistant Judge
Pecuniary 4 lac+ and upwards
The Court of The Assistant Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction of take 2 lac to 4 lac
This court has various jurisdictions and powers by a number of laws but the Civil Courts Act 1887 and the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2001 provides following classification of courts.
Criminal Courts under General Hierarchy
Basically, there are two types of criminal courts and some special courts and tribunals. According to section 6 of the CrPC Criminal Courts of Bangladesh are of two kinds.
1. Courts of sessions
2. Courts of Magistrates
The Court of Sessions; this court can be divided into two category
Each in every district known as The Court of Sessions; and
The Metropolitan Session courts in a metropolitan area that only covers the metropolitan area.
These two courts have a similar structure with under separate name.
HierarchyThe Court of SessionsThe Metropolitan Session CourtASession JudgeSession Metropolitan JudgeBAdditional Session JudgeAdditional Session Metropolitan JudgeCJoint Session JudgeJoint Session Metropolitan Judge
The Courts of Magistrates: Under the jurisdiction of Session Judge there are Courts of Magistrates, like the classification of court of session there are two separate courts
Each in every district under The Court of Sessions named as
In The Metropolitan area under the Metropolitan Session courts
Their hierarchy is as follows:
HierarchyGeneralAt metropolitan areaAChief Judicial MagistrateChief Metropolitan MagistrateBAdditional Chief Judicial MagistrateAdditional Chief Metropolitan MagistrateCSenior Judicial MagistrateMetropolitan MagistrateDJudicial Magistrate
Hope this simple presentation of the hierarchy of the courts of Bangladesh will help both the law students and others who are trying to understand the hierarchy. [Know more about criminal courts at Criminal Courts and Magistrates under CrPC].
There are two divisions of the courts of Bangladesh.
A. Supreme Court of Bangladesh
B. Subordinate Court (also known as, District Courts or Lower Courts)
A. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh or Bangladesh Supreme Court: This is the Highest court of the country, within the court, there are two divisions.
The Appellate Division:
The Appellate Division is chaired by The honourable Chief justice and seven other judges, the supreme court has no original jurisdiction, The court is empowered by two sources. 1. The Constitution of the people’s republic of Bangladesh and 2. by statutory laws.
The Hight Court Division:
High Court Division consists of Eighty Two Judges. Like the Appellate Division, the High Court Division has empowered by two sources and they have various kinds of jurisdiction. Here is a snap what the do and their classification.
B. Subordinate Court (also known as, District Courts or Lower Courts)
The subordinate court has various types of jurisdiction and classifications so it is quite impossible to mention them all but here is some useful information that will help to get an idea of the scope of subordinate courts.
Civil Courts under General Hierarchy
The Court of The District Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction Unlimited
Do not try original suits
Have administrative control over the civil courts
Has power to try, transfer, withdraw any suit, appeal or other proceedings in any civil courts below the HCD (sec. 24 CPC)
Jurisdiction over probate and letter of administration.
Has revisional power
The Court of The Additional District Judge
Similar to the power of District Judge Court except for administration power.
The Court of The Joint District Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction Unlimited
Both original and appellate jurisdiction
A suit from this court as an appeal goes to the court of district judge if the limit do not exceed 5 lac, over 5 lac the suit goes to the HCD
Also empowered as The Small Causes Court.
The Court of The Senior Assistant Judge
Pecuniary 4 lac+ and upwards
The Court of The Assistant Judge
Pecuniary Jurisdiction of take 2 lac to 4 lac
This court has various jurisdictions and powers by a number of laws but the Civil Courts Act 1887 and the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2001 provides following classification of courts.
Criminal Courts under General Hierarchy
Basically, there are two types of criminal courts and some special courts and tribunals. According to section 6 of the CrPC Criminal Courts of Bangladesh are of two kinds.
1. Courts of sessions
2. Courts of Magistrates
The Court of Sessions; this court can be divided into two category
Each in every district known as The Court of Sessions; and
The Metropolitan Session courts in a metropolitan area that only covers the metropolitan area.
These two courts have a similar structure with under separate name.
HierarchyThe Court of SessionsThe Metropolitan Session CourtASession JudgeSession Metropolitan JudgeBAdditional Session JudgeAdditional Session Metropolitan JudgeCJoint Session JudgeJoint Session Metropolitan Judge
The Courts of Magistrates: Under the jurisdiction of Session Judge there are Courts of Magistrates, like the classification of court of session there are two separate courts
Each in every district under The Court of Sessions named as
In The Metropolitan area under the Metropolitan Session courts
Their hierarchy is as follows:
HierarchyGeneralAt metropolitan areaAChief Judicial MagistrateChief Metropolitan MagistrateBAdditional Chief Judicial MagistrateAdditional Chief Metropolitan MagistrateCSenior Judicial MagistrateMetropolitan MagistrateDJudicial Magistrate
Hope this simple presentation of the hierarchy of the courts of Bangladesh will help both the law students and others who are trying to understand the hierarchy. [Know more about criminal courts at Criminal Courts and Magistrates under CrPC].
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