Central Government Designates Special Courts Under Companies Act 2013 for Serious Offences in Various Regions of India.

The Central Government, under the Companies Act, 2013, has designated certain courts as Special Courts for trying offences punishable with imprisonment of two years or more. These courts include Additional Sessions Judges in Jammu and Srinagar for Jammu and Kashmir; Presiding Officers in Greater Mumbai for most of Maharashtra; the Principal District and Sessions Judge in Silvassa for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; the District Judge in Panaji for Goa; the Principal District Judge in Ahmedabad for Gujarat; the 9th Additional Sessions Judge in Gwalior for Madhya Pradesh; the Additional District Judge in Port Blair for Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and the 2nd Special Court in Calcutta for West Bengal.

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