District Courts in India

The District Courts in India take care of judicial matters at the district level. Headed by a judge, these courts are administratively and judicially controlled by the High Courts of the respective states, to which the district belongs. There are many secondary courts also at this level, which work under the District Courts. There is a court of the Civil Judge as well as a court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. While the former takes care of the civil cases, the latter looks into criminal cases and offences. 

The Chief Judicial Magistrate is endowed with the responsibility of deciding critical cases. He or she has the power of punishing the accused by imprisonment for a maximum of 7 years. The independence of the judiciary even at the district level needs a special mention. There is a strong bar in each district court that ensures proper decisions are made in the cases that come to these courts. The major problem that is faced by the district courts in India is that numerous cases get piled up day after day and as a result there is inordinate delay in the decisions of the court.