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rajesh (officer)     27 August 2010

understanding a legal word

Sirs,

Can you please let me know the meaning of the word "puisne judge" used in the address in a petition?

Thanks.



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According to a Legal Dictionary:

Puisne Judge (pronounced as 'Puny') means High Court judge. Any judge of the High Court other than the heads of each division. The word puisne means junior and is used to distinguish High Court judges from senior judges sitting at the Court of Appeal.

Isaac Gabriel (Advocate)     28 August 2010

It refers to the judges of the supreme court functioning with the Chief Justice of India.

SANJAY JOIL (LAW STUDENT)     28 August 2010

 


courtesy answer.com


Puisne (pronounced /ˈpjuːni/) (from Old French puisne, modern puîné, later born, inferior; Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born) is a legal term of art used mainly in British English[1] meaning "inferior in rank." It is pronounced like the word puny, and the word, so spelled, has become an ordinary adjective meaning weak or undersized.

The judges and barons of the common law courts at Westminster, other than those having a distinct title, were called puisne. By the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877, a "puisne judge" is deemed a judge of the High Courtother than the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and their successors respectively. See now theSenior Courts Act 1981section 4.

Puisne courts existed as lower courts in the early stages in the judiciary in British North America, in particular Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

See also

  • Puisne Justice – the title of a judge, other than the chief justice, of a superior court of a common law jurisdiction.

References

  1. ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puisne


G. ARAVINTHAN (Legal Consultant / Solicitor)     29 August 2010

Senior judges of High Court

Permanent Judges of High Court


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