SECTION 451 BNSS – Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates

Any District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate may- (a) make over, for disposal, any proceeding which has been started before him, to any Magistrate subordinate to him; (b) withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to…

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SECTION 450 BNSS – Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates

(1) Any Chief Judicial Magistrate may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and may inquire into or try such case himself, or refer it for inquiry or trial to any other such…

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SECTION 449 BNSS – Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges

(1) A Sessions Judge may withdraw any case or appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to a Chief Judicial Magistrate subordinate to him. (2) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the…

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SECTION 448 BNSS – Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals

(1) Whenever it is made to appear to a Sessions Judge that an order under this sub-section is expedient for the ends of justice, he may order that any particular case be transferred from one Criminal Court to another Criminal Court in his sessions division.…

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SECTION 447 BNSS – Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals

(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the High Court- (a) that a fair and impartial inquiry or trial cannot be had in any Criminal Court subordinate thereto; or (b) that some question of law of unusual difficulty is likely to arise; or (c)…

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SECTION 446 BNSS – Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals

(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the Supreme Court that an order under this section is expedient for the ends of justice, it may direct that any particular case or appeal be transferred from one High Court to another High Court or from…

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SECTION 445 BNSS – High Court’s order to be certified to lower Court

When a case is revised under this Chapter by the High Court or a Sessions Judge, it or he shall, in the manner provided by section 429, certify its decision or order to the Court by which the finding, sentence or order revised was recorded…

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SECTION 443 BNSS – Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases

(1) Whenever one or more persons convicted at the same trial makes or make application to a High Court for revision and any other person convicted at the same trial makes an application to the Sessions Judge for revision, the High Court shall decide, having…

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