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Original jurisdiction

The original jurisdiction  of a court is the right to hear a case for the first time as opposed to appellate jurisdiction when a court has the right to review the decision of a previous, lower-level court.

India

The 'Indian High Court Act' of 1861 vested in Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom to issue letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to erect and establish High Courts of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. The Indian High Courts Act, 1861 did not by itself create and establish the High Courts in India.

The following three High courts viz. Calcutta, Bombay and Madras are erstwhile Presidency Court [in common and popular parlance Chartered High Courts] have unlimited original jurisdiction under the Letters Patent for the conferment of the ORDINARY ORIGINAL Civil Jurisdiction in terms of Articles 225 of the Constitution.

1. The Calcutta High Court has the distinction of being the first High Court and one of the three Chartered High Courts to be set up in India, along with the High Courts of Bombay, Madras. [pic]

2. The Bombay High Court was inaugurated on 14 August 1862. The High Court had an original as well as appellate jurisdiction. [pic]

3. The High Court of Judicature at Madras [located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, originally known as Madras] - is one of the three high courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters Patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862, is the Highest Court in the State of Tamil Nadu, exercising Original Jurisdiction over the City of Madras [Chennai] and Appellate Jurisdiction over the entire state as well as extraordinary Original Jurisdiction, Civil and Criminal, under the Letters Patent and special jurisdiction for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India. [pic]...