High Court of Delta State

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The High Court of Delta State is the superior trial court of record in Delta State, Nigeria, with jurisdiction over serious civil and criminal matters within the state.

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Label Occurrences
High Court of Delta State canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state high court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
federal statutes of Nigeria ⓘ
laws of Delta State ⓘ
appointingAuthorityOfJudges Governor of Delta State ⓘ
canIssue injunctions ⓘ
orders of certiorari ⓘ
orders of mandamus ⓘ
orders of prohibition ⓘ
prerogative orders ⓘ
writs ⓘ
canTry felony offences under Nigerian law ⓘ
serious civil claims above lower court jurisdiction ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
courtLevel state high court level ⓘ
courtType court of record ⓘ
handlesAppealsFrom Customary Courts in Delta State ⓘ
Magistrate Courts in Delta State ⓘ
hasDivision civil division ⓘ
commercial division ⓘ
criminal division ⓘ
family and matrimonial causes division ⓘ
probate division ⓘ
hasHead Chief Judge of Delta State ⓘ
hasMultipleJudicialDivisions true ⓘ
hearsCaseType civil cases ⓘ
constitutional matters within state competence ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
fundamental rights enforcement cases ⓘ
judicial review of administrative actions of Delta State authorities ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsSubjectTo National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
jurisdiction Delta State ⓘ
serious civil matters ⓘ
serious criminal matters ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
legalSystem Nigerian legal system ⓘ
locatedIn Asaba ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
oversees Customary Courts in Delta State ⓘ
Magistrate Courts in Delta State ⓘ
recordsProceedings verbatim court records ⓘ
servesAs highest trial court in Delta State ⓘ
supervisoryAuthority Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

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

State High Courts of Nigeria → hasSubdivision → High Court of Delta State ⓘ