Ruling Parties in States: Macrh 1997

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State                          Ruling Party
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NORTH 
   Jammu and Kashmir          National Conference
   Himachal Pradesh           Congress
   Punjab                     Akali Dal - BJP
   Haryana                    Haryana Vikas Party - BJP
   Uttar Pradesh              BSP - BJP
   Rajasthan                  BJP
   Delhi                      BJP

EAST 
   Bihar                      Janata Dal
   Orissa                     Congress
   West Bengal                Left Front
   Assam                      Asom Gana Parishad
   Manipur                    Congress (Keisingh) 
   Meghalaya                  Congress
   Mizoram                    Congress
   Nagaland                   Congress
   Tripura                    CPM
   Arunachal Pradesh          Arunachal Pradesh Congress
   Sikkim                     Sikkim Democratic Front

WEST
   Gujarat                    MJP
   Maharashtra                BJP-Shiv Sena
   Goa                        Congress
   Madhya Pradesh             Congress

SOUTH 
   Andhra Pradesh             Telugu Desam (Naidu)
   Karnataka                  Janata Dal
   Kerala                     LDF
   Tamil Nadu                 DMK
   Pondicherry                Congress
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Judicial System

The Supreme Court is the apex court in the country. The High Court stands at the head of the state's judicial administration. Each state is divided into judicial districts presided over by a district and sessions judge, who is the highest judicicial authority in a district. Below him, there are courts of civil jurisdiction, known in different states as munsifs, sub-judges, civil judges and the like. Similarly, criminal judiciary comprises chief judicial magistrate and judicial magistrates of first and second class.