3.4 Jurisdiction of High Court

The High Court — one in each province (Art 139): Appellate jurisdiction — the first appellate tier over district court judgments (civil and criminal) and over quasi-judicial bodies' decisions where the law so provides; Writ jurisdiction within the province (Art 144) — the five writs for fundamental-rights enforcement, for rights without other effective remedy, and for public-interest legal questions; Original jurisdiction as statute confers; Case-transfer powers (Art 145); Contempt (Art 139). Its supervisory face over the district judiciary (inspection, directives — the justice-administration legislation's frame) makes the High Court both the error-correcting and the standard-setting court. Appeals lie from the High Court to the Supreme Court as the law provides (Art 133).