The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed that all Courts other than the High Court shall be referred to as the district judiciary and not as subordinate judiciary.

It further said that all Courts other than the High Court shall be referred to as the "Trial Courts" and not as "Subordinate Courts."

The Court informed this through a circular issued on December 16, 2022.

"The Hon'ble Chief Justice and Hon'ble Judges of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in the Full Court meeting held on 15.12.2022, resolved that "All Courts other than the High Court shall hereinafter be referred to as the "district judiciary" and not as "subordinate judiciary" and that all Courts other than the High Court shall be referred to as the "trial Courts" and not as "subordinate Courts.", the circular read.

The circular has been issued by order of the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and signed by its Registrar General Ramkumar Choubey.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court

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