(1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of providing speedy trial of offences under this Act, by notification as may be necessary.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of—
(a) a single judge holding office as Session Judge or Additional Session Judge, in case of offences punishable under this Act with imprisonment of two years or more; and
(b) a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, in the case of other offences,
who shall be appointed by the Central Government with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court within whose jurisdiction the judge to be appointed is working.
(1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of providing speedy trial of offences under this Act , by , establish or designate as many Special Courts as may be necessary.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of a single judge who shall be appointed by the Central Government with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court within whose jurisdiction the judge to be appointed is working.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of a Special Court unless he is, immediately before such appointment, holding office of a Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge.
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MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th May, 2016
S.O. 1796 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 435 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby, after obtaining the concurrence of the respective Chief Justices of the High Courts, designates the following Courts mentioned in the Table below as Special Courts for the purposes of trial of offences punishable under the Companies Act, 2013 with imprisonment of two years or more in terms of section 435 of the Companies Act, 2013, namely:-
TABLE
| Sl. No. | Existing Court | Jurisdiction as Special Court |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1 | Courts of Additional Sessions Judges Anti-corruption, Jammu and Srinagar (substituted vide notification dated 19.12.2019) | Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (substituted vide notification dated 19.12.2019) |
| 2 | Presiding Officers of Court No’s. 37 and 58 of the City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai | Whole State of Maharashtra except Pune, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of the State of Maharashtra (substituted vide notification dated 28.08.2019) |
| 3 | Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli at Silvassa. | Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
| 4 | Court of District Judge-1 and Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji. | State of Goa |
| 5 | Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural), situated at Mirzapur, Ahmedabad. | State of Gujarat |
| 6 | 9th Additional Sessions Judge, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh. | State of Madhya Pradesh |
| 7 | Court of Additional District and Session Judge, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 8 | 2nd Special Court, Calcutta. | State of West Bengal |
2. The aforesaid Courts mentioned in column number (2) shall exercise the jurisdiction as Special Courts in respect of jurisdiction mentioned in column number (3).
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