198 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
230 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Restrictions on the power of the Legislatures of States to make laws with respect to jurisdiction of a High Court in a State having jurisdiction outside that State.
Provided that no Bill for any such purpose shall
be introduced in either House of Parliament unless— (i) where the jurisdiction is to be extended to or
excluded from a State for the time being specified in Part I or Division A of 5
Part III of the First Schedule or any area
within such State, the consent of such
other State has been obtained; and (ii) where the jurisdiction is to be extended, the consent of the State in which the High 10
Court has its principal seat has also been
obtained
- Where a High Court exercises jurisdiction
in relation to any area outside the State in which it
has its principal seat, nothing in this Constitution 15
shall be construed— (a) as empowering the Legislature of the State
in which the court has its principal seat
to increase, restrict or abolish that jurisdiction; 20 (b) as empowering the Legislature of a State
for the time being specified in Part I or
Part III of the First Schedule in which
any such area is situate, to abolish that
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(c) as preventing the Legislature having power to make laws in that behalf for any such area, from passing, subject to the provisions of clause (b) of this article, such laws with respect to the jurisdiction of the court in relation to that area as it would be competent to pass if the principal seat of the court were in that area. Interpretation. 209. Where a High Court exercises jurisdiction in relation to more than one State or in relation to a State and an area not forming part of the State— (a) references in this Chapter to the Governor in relation to the judges of a High Court shall be construed as references to the Governor of the State in which the court has its principal seat; (b) the reference to the approval by the Governor of rules, forms and tables for subordinate courts shall be construed as a refer
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