High Court of Bhutan

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The High Court of Bhutan is the country’s principal appellate court below the Supreme Court, responsible for interpreting Bhutanese law and ensuring justice in accordance with the Constitution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
High Court of Bhutan canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of appeal ⓘ
high court ⓘ
appliesLaw Bhutanese statutory law ⓘ
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 ⓘ
relevant customary law of Bhutan ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Druk Gyalpo
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
buildingFunction courthouse ⓘ
city Thimphu ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional court of record ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
ensures administration of justice in Bhutan ⓘ
ensuresComplianceWith Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 ⓘ
governmentOf Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
hasAuthority appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
limited original jurisdiction ⓘ
hasJudge Drangpon ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus court of record in Bhutan ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of the High Court of Bhutan ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Dzongkhag Courts of Bhutan ⓘ
interprets Bhutanese legislation ⓘ
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
languageOfProceedings Dzongkha ⓘ
legalSystem Bhutanese legal system ⓘ
legalTradition mixed legal system with influence of Buddhist legal principles ⓘ
locatedIn Thimphu District ⓘ
Western Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: western Bhutan
location Thimphu ⓘ
mayReview decisions of administrative bodies in Bhutan ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Dzongkha ⓘ
overseenBy Judicial Service Council of Bhutan ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
positionInJudicialHierarchy above the Dzongkhag Courts of Bhutan ⓘ
below the Supreme Court of Bhutan ⓘ
regionServed entire territory of Bhutan ⓘ
role ensures justice in accordance with the Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
interprets Bhutanese law ⓘ
principal appellate court of Bhutan ⓘ
supervises Dzongkhag Courts of Bhutan ⓘ
typeOfCases administrative law cases ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
constitutional cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Bhutan → hasJurisdictionOver → High Court of Bhutan ⓘ
Judiciary of Bhutan → includesCourt → High Court of Bhutan ⓘ
subject linked to: judiciary of Bhutan