Heirarchy of civil court

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 17 November 2011 This query is : Resolved
i want to know the detail hierarchy of civil court with its power and jurisdiction

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Arvind Sehdev (Expert) 17 November 2011
The ‘Indiancourts’ is a bouquet of Web Sites of the Supreme Court and all 21 High Courts and their Benches in India. It provides a single point access to information related to the Supreme Court and any High Court in India.

Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. According to the Constitution of India, the role of the Supreme Court of India is that of a federal court, guardian of the Constitution and the highest court of appeal.

High Courts of India
The High Courts are the principal civil courts of original jurisdiction in the state, and can try all offences including those punishable with death. Tthe work of most High Courts consists of Appeals from lowers courts and writ petitions in terms of Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

District Courts of India
The District Courts of India are presided over by a judge. They administer justice in India at a district level. These courts are under administrative and judicial control of the High Court of the State to which the district concerned belongs.

Tribunals
A tribunal is a generic term for any body acting judicially, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate appearing before a Court on which a single Judge was sitting could describe that judge as 'their tribunal'.

http://indiancourts.nic.in/sitesmain.htm

Arvind Sehdev (Expert) 17 November 2011
With your question somewhat answered I request you to move this discussion to the forum and not in expert section...

If you have an issue to discuss only then we can help you in this section otherwise for discussions please move to the forum section....

Rajeev Kumar (Expert) 17 November 2011
Mr.Sehdev has aptly replied

Kiran Kumar (Expert) 18 November 2011
One clarification I must add here...

the hierarchy of the criminal courts has been provided by the Criminal Procedure Code 1976 but the Civil Procedure Cod 1908 does not provide any such hierarchy.

for Civil Court purposes, various states have their own enactments and rules and the concerned HC rules also supplement them.

e.g. in Punjab there is a Punjab Courts Act, which provides for various levels of Civil Courts and their respective powers.