<P> The District Courts of India are established by the State governments of India for every district or for one or more districts together taking into account the number of cases, population distribution in the district . They administer justice in India at a district level . These courts are under administrative control of the High Court of the State to which the district concerned belongs . The decisions of District court are subject to the appellate jurisdiction of the concerned High court . </P> <P> The district court is presided over by one District Judge appointed by the state Government . In addition to the district judge there may be number of Additional District Judges and Assistant District Judges depending on the workload . The Additional District Judge and the court presided have equivalent jurisdiction as the District Judge and his district court . The district judge is also called "Metropolitan session judge" when he is presiding over a district court in a city which is designated "Metropolitan area" by the state Government . The district court has appellate jurisdiction over all subordinate courts situated in the district on both civil and criminal matters . Subordinate courts, on the civil side (in ascending order) are, Junior Civil Judge Court, Principal Junior Civil Judge Court, Senior Civil Judge Court (also called sub-court). Subordinate courts, on the criminal side (in ascending order) are, Second Class Judicial Magistrate Court, First Class Judicial Magistrate Court, Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.In addition' Family Courts" are established to deal with matrimonial disputes alone . The Principal judge of family court is equivalent to District Judge . </P> <P> Subordinate courts are also known as village courts, Lok Adalat (people's court) or Nyaya panchayat (justice of the villages), compose a system of alternative dispute resolution . They were recognized through the 1888 Madras Village Court Act, then developed (after 1935) in various provinces and (after 1947) Indian states . The model from the Gujarat State (with a judge and two assessors) was used from the 1970s onwards . In 1984 the Law Commission recommended to create Nyaya Panchayats in rural areas with laymen ("having educational attainments"). The 2008 Gram Nyayalayas Act had foreseen 5,000 mobile courts in the country for judging petty civil (property cases) and criminal (up to 2 years of prison) cases . However, the Act has not been enforced properly, with only 151 functional Gram Nyayalayas in the country (as of May 2012) against a target of 5000 such courts . The major reasons behind the non-enforcement includes financial constraints, reluctance of lawyers, police and other government officials . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (June 2012) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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