1.3 Jurisdiction of Higher (Appeal Hearing) Court

The High Court — one in each province (Art 139): the first appellate tier over district court judgments (civil and criminal), appellate jurisdiction over quasi-judicial bodies' decisions where the law so provides, writ jurisdiction within the province (Art 144 — the five writs for FR enforcement, for rights without effective remedy, and public-interest legal questions), original jurisdiction as statute confers, case-transfer powers (Art 145), and contempt (Art 139). Its supervisory face over the district judiciary (inspection, directives — the justice-administration legislation's frame) makes the HC 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 — below).