The High Courts (Seals) Act, 1950

This Act may be called the High Courts (Seals) Act, 1950.

(1) Every High Court in a 1[State] shall have and use, as occasion mayarise, a seal bearing a device and impression of the Asoka capital within an exergue or label surroundingthe same, with the following inscriptions at convenient places, namely, “THE SEAL OF THE HIGHCOURT AT (or OF) ..............”, followed by the name of the seal of the High Court or the name of theState, as the case may be, and “Satyameva Jayate” in Devanagari script. (2) Every Court of the Judicial Commissioner for a 2[Union territory] shall have and use, as occasionmay arise, a seal similar to the seal of a High Court in a 3* * * State, but with the first inscription reading“THE SEAL OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR .......................” followed by the4[name of the Union territory]. (3) The provisions of this shall supersede any provision contrary thereto or inconsistent therewithcontained in any Letters Patent, Order, direction or other law relating to the use of seals by High Courts.

[Repeal of Ordinance 13 of 1950.]Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957)s. 2 and the First Schedule.