The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Section 17ASubordination of Joint Sessions Judges
Part II CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
Chapter II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
C.-Courts and Offices
s. 17A
17A. Subordination of Joint Sessions Judges [(1) All Joint Sessions Judges shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise jurisdiction, and the Sessions Judge may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders consistent with this Code as the distribution of business among such joint Sessions Judges. (2)The Sessions Judge may also, when he himself is unavoidably absent or incapable of acting, make provision for the disposal of any urgent application by an Additional or Joint Sessions Judge and such Judge shall have jurisdiction to deal with any such application.]