Judicial Magistrate of First Class Courts in Kerala

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Judicial Magistrate of First Class Courts in Kerala are lower-level criminal courts that handle minor offences, preliminary inquiries, and certain civil matters within their jurisdiction, forming the base tier of the state’s judicial system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal court ⓘ
subordinate court ⓘ
appointmentAuthority Governor of Kerala ⓘ
appointmentProcessAdvisedBy High Court of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court
canIssue search warrants ⓘ
summons ⓘ
warrants ⓘ
canRecord confessions ⓘ
statements under Section 164 CrPC ⓘ
canTry offences punishable with imprisonment not exceeding three years ⓘ
country India ⓘ
establishedUnder Constitution of India framework for subordinate judiciary ⓘ
formsLevelOf base tier of criminal courts in Kerala ⓘ
governedBy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957 ⓘ
handles committal proceedings to Sessions Court ⓘ
consideration of bail in non-bailable offences subject to law ⓘ
grant of bail in bailable offences ⓘ
minor criminal offences ⓘ
preliminary inquiries in criminal cases ⓘ
remand of accused persons ⓘ
summary trials ⓘ
taking cognizance of offences on police report ⓘ
taking cognizance of offences on private complaint ⓘ
warrant cases triable by Magistrate ⓘ
jurisdictionType criminal ⓘ
limited civil ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
locatedIn Kerala ⓘ
maximumSentencePower fine up to ten thousand rupees or as prescribed by law ⓘ
imprisonment up to three years ⓘ
mayBeDesignatedAs Special Court for particular statutes when notified ⓘ
mayExercise powers of Executive Magistrate when conferred by law ⓘ
partOf Kerala subordinate judiciary ⓘ
criminal justice system of Kerala ⓘ
positionInHierarchy higher than Judicial Magistrate of Second Class Courts ⓘ
lower than Chief Judicial Magistrate Court ⓘ
lower than Sessions Court ⓘ
presidedBy Judicial Magistrate of First Class ⓘ
primaryFunction adjudication of minor criminal disputes at first instance ⓘ
subjectToAppealBefore Sessions Court ⓘ
subjectToRevisionBy High Court of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court
supervisedBy Chief Judicial Magistrate of the district ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction specified taluks or areas within a district ⓘ
underAuthorityOf High Court of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court

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District Courts in Kerala → appealsFrom → Judicial Magistrate of First Class Courts in Kerala ⓘ