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Stop calling lower courts: Punjab and Haryana High Court bans general terms, directs to use district courts, trial courts

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed all courts in the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh to be referred to as “District Courts/District Judiciary/Trial Courts”. In a circular uploaded on the high court website on January 14, the high court directed that the words “subordinate judges/subordinate courts/inferior courts” should not be used in official correspondence and in the high court and district courts. “The Hon’ble Chief Justice and Judges are pleased to direct that henceforth, all Courts in the State of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, other than the High Court, shall be known as “District Courts/District Judiciary/Trial Courts”.

The words “Subordinate Judges/Subordinate Courts/Inferior Courts” shall not be used in official correspondence as well as in the judicial functioning of the High Court as well as the District Courts, unless it is unavoidable. Is,” the circular dated December 24, 2025, read.