Under the Criminal Law, all the Assistant Sessions Judges are subordinate to the Sessions Judge in whose Court they exercise Jurisdiction. The Sessions Judge has the powers to make rules and its implementation in the Courts down the line and he is the master of roster who has powers to allot cases to his subordinate Assistant Sessions Judges. The Sessions Judge, to dispose of any urgent Petition, either in his absence or his immediate subordinate Additional or Assistant Sessions Judge, can direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate, or any other Judge or Magistrate who have Jurisdiction to handle it.