law: Family Courts Act, 1984
  3. Establishment of Family Courts
  (1) For the purpose of exercising the
  
  jurisdiction and powers conferred on a Family Court by this Act, the State
  
  Government, after consultation with the High Court, and by notification,- 
  (a) shall, as soon as
  
  may be after the commencement of this Act, establish for every area in the
  
  State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million, a Family
  
  Court;
  (b) may establish
  
  Family Courts for such other areas in the State as it may deem necessary.
  (2) The State Government shall, after
  
  consultation with the High Court, specify, by notification, the local limits of
  
  the area to which the jurisdiction of a Family Court shall extend and may, at
  
  any time, increase, reduce or alter such limits.