The Act provides for five tiers of civil courts in a district, which bottom-up are :
Court of Assistant Judge
Court of Senior Assistant Judge
Court of Joint District Judge
Court of Additional District Judge and
Court of District Judge
Court System (CrPC)
Section - 6 : Court - (2)
1. Court of Magistrate
(2)
1. Judicial Magistrate
2. Executive Magistrate
Magistrat
e (4)
1. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate/Chief Judicial Magistrate
2. Magistrate of the 1st Class/Metropolitan Magistrate
3. Magistrate of the 2nd Class
4. Magistrate of the 3rd Class
Section - 7
Division of Session & District
Section - 9 : Court - (3)
1. Additional Session Judge
3. Joint Session Judge
Section - 10 : District Magistrate DM 3 Step
1. District Magistrate
2. Additional District Magistrate
3. Executive Magistrate Example - DC, ADC, AC, UNO. Section - 11 : Judicial Magistrate 5 Step
1. Chief Judicial Magistrate
2. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate
3. Magistrate of the 1st Class
4. Magistrate of the 2nd Class
5. Magistrate of the 3rd Class
Section - 12 : Special Magistrate (3)
1. Public Service Commission
2. Special Magistrate
3. Special Metropolitan Magistrate
Section - 18 : Metropolitan Magistrate Appointment 3 Step
1. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
2. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
3. Metropolitan Magistrate.
