THE CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION) ACT, 1953 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS
1.  Short title.
2.  Extension of jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court to Chandernagore and Andaman and Nicobar 
Islands.
3.  Effect of certain orders.
4.  Power to make rules.
 
 
 
THE CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION) ACT, 1953 
ACT NO. 41 OF 1953

[18th December, 1953.]

An  Act  to  extend  the  jurisdiction  of  the  High  Court  at  Calcutta  to  Chandernagore  and  the 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 
1953. 

2. Extension  of  jurisdiction  of  Calcutta  High  Court  to  Chandernagore  and  Andaman  and 
Nicobar Islands.—The jurisdiction of the High Court at Calcutta shall extend to Chandernagore and 
Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands  and  shall,  as  from  the  2nd  day  of  May,  1950,  be  deemed  to  have 
extended to Chandernagore, and the said High Court shall, for all purposes be deemed to be the High 
Court for Chandernagore and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

3. Effect of certain orders.—Any order made—

(i)  by  the  highest  court  of  appeal  in  relation  to  Chandernagore  before  the  2nd  day  of  May, 
1950, or in any proceeding pending before that Court on that day; or

(ii)  by  the  Chief  Commissioner  of  the  Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands  before  the 
commencement of this Act in the discharge of his functions as the High Court for those Islands, 

shall  for  all  purposes  have  effect,  not  only  as  an  order  of  that  Court,  or  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the 
Chief Commissioner, but also as if it were an order made by the High Court at Calcutta.

4. Power to make rules.—Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the 
High Court at Calcutta may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act and for the purpose of 
effectively exercising its jurisdiction in or in relation to Chandernagore and the Andaman and Nicobar 
Islands.