The State Government shall establish a Court of Session for each sessions division.
Each Court of Session shall be presided over by a Judge appointed by the High Court.
The High Court may also appoint Additional Sessions Judges and Assistant Sessions Judges to exercise jurisdiction in a Court of Session.
The Sessions Judge of one sessions division may be appointed by the High Court to also serve as an Additional Sessions Judge for another division. In such cases, the Judge may sit at designated places within the other division, as directed by the High Court, to dispose of cases.
If the office of the Sessions Judge is vacant, the High Court may make arrangements for the disposal of any urgent applications, whether pending or made before the Court of Session, through an Additional Sessions Judge, an Assistant Sessions Judge, or, if neither is available, by a Chief Judicial Magistrate in the sessions division. Each of these Judges or Magistrates will have the jurisdiction to handle such applications.
The Court of Session shall, as a general rule, hold its sittings at such places as the High Court may specify by notification. However, if the Court of Session determines that holding sittings at another location within the sessions division will better serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses, it may, with the consent of both the prosecution and the accused, sit at that location for case disposal or witness examination.
