Union territory judicial jurisdiction: Parliament may create or designate fora, with Chapter V applicability subject to modification. Parliament may by law constitute or declare a court in a Union territory to serve as a High Court, with Chapter V of Part VI applying subject to parliamentary modifications. Existing High Courts that exercised jurisdiction immediately before the Seventh Amendment continue to do so subject to constitutional and legislative provisions, and Parliament may extend or exclude a State High Court's jurisdiction to or from any Union territory or part thereof.
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Union territory judicial jurisdiction: Parliament may create or designate fora, with Chapter V applicability subject to modification.
Parliament may by law constitute or declare a court in a Union territory to serve as a High Court, with Chapter V of Part VI applying subject to parliamentary modifications. Existing High Courts that exercised jurisdiction immediately before the Seventh Amendment continue to do so subject to constitutional and legislative provisions, and Parliament may extend or exclude a State High Court's jurisdiction to or from any Union territory or part thereof.
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