The Sub-ordinate Judiciary consists of the following classes of Courts:
1. City Civil Courts for the Metropolitan City of Bangalore; 2. District Courts; 3. Sessions Courts 4. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Courts and Metropolitan Magistrate's Courts for Metropolitan City of Bangalore. 5. Civil Judges and Chief Judicial Magistrates Courts; 6. Small Cause Courts; 7. Civil Judge (Jr. Dn) Courts and Courts of Judicial Magistrate First Class; 8. Civil Judge (Jr. Dn) Courts 9. Civil Judge Courts (Sr.Dn) 10. Special Executive Magistrate Courts 11. Family Courts; 12. Special Court – under NDPS Act at Bangalore; 13. Traffic Courts 14. Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals 15. Fast Track Courts. 16. Special Courts for Prevention of Atrocities on SCs and STs.