Courts in Delhi explained

Courts in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi include:

• Supreme Court of India
• High Court of Delhi
• 7 district courts of Delhi
• Various other tribunals

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial authority and highest court of India.^[1] It located between Tilak Marg and Delhi-Mathura road (NH-2) in New Delhi.

High Court

The High Court of Delhi, established in 1966, is the highest court of Delhi.^[2] It is located on the Sher Shah road near India Gate in New Delhi.

District Courts

• District courts of Delhi: There are seven district-level court complexes for the 11 administrative districts of Delhi.^{[3] [4]} These seven courts house eleven district courts, which are headed by individual district judges.

S.No.	Name of Court	Districts	Year of Establishment	Number of Courts
1	Tis Hazari Court (Kashmere Gate)	Central & West Delhi	1958	14 courts (11 MM + 3 CJ)
2	Patiala House Court	New Delhi	1977	7 courts (7 MM)
3	Karkardooma Court (Anand Vihar)	East, North-East & Shahdara	1993	6 courts (6 MM)
4	Rohini Court	North-West & North Delhi	2005	2 courts (2 MM)
5	Dwarka Court	South-West Delhi	2008	3 courts (3 MM)
6	Saket Court	South & South-East Delhi	2010	6 courts (5 MM + 1 CJ)
7	Rouse Avenue Court (ITO, Delhi)	Central & West Delhi	2019

Tribunals

Apart from the above courts, there are various tribunals in Delhi. These institutions have been established for discharging judicial or quasi-judicial duties in order to reduce the case load of the judiciary, and bring subject expertise for technical matters.^[5]

1. Appellate Tribunal for Electricity^[6]
2. Central Administrative Tribunal^[7]
3. Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal^[8]
4. Cyber Appellate Tribunal^[9]
5. Debt Recovery Tribunal^[10]
6. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal^[11]
7. National Company Law Tribunal^[12]
8. National Green Tribunal^[13]
9. Railway Claims Tribunal^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supreme Court of India . The Registrar, Supreme Court of India . 17 March 2013.
2. Web site: High Court of Delhi . Registrar General, Delhi High Court . 17 March 2013.
3. Web site: Official Website: Delhi District Courts . delhidistrictcourts.nic.in . Delhi District Courts . 14 April 2022.
4. News: Rouse Avenue Court Complex Not A Separate District Within The Existing Central District, Delhi HC Clarifies [Read Letter] ]. 24 December 2023 . Lawstreet.co . 2 April 2019.
5. Web site: The Tribunal System in India . 24 July 2021 . prsindia.org . PRS India . 23 December 2023.
6. Web site: Appellate Tribunal for Electricity . APTEL . 17 March 2023.
7. Web site: Central Administrative Tribunal. CAT . 17 March 2013.
8. Web site: Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal . CESTAT . 17 March 2013.
9. Web site: Cyber Appellate Tribunal. gov.in. 17 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522173240/http://catindia.gov.in/. 22 May 2011. dead.
10. Web site: Home: DRT . drt.gov.in . Debt Recovery Tribunal . 14 April 2022.
11. Web site: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal . ITAT . 17 March 2023.
12. Web site: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) . nclat.nic.in . NCLAT . 23 December 2023.
13. Web site: National Green Tribunal (NGT) . greentribunal.gov.in . NGT . 23 December 2023.
14. Web site: Railway Claims Tribunal . RCT . 20 September 2013.