law: The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
  Chapter IV Special
  
  Courts
  23. Special Courts.-
  1.  The
  
  Central Government or a State Government may, by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette, constitute one or more Special Courts for such area or areas, or for
  
  such case or class or group of cases, as may be specified in the notification.
  2.  Where
  
  a notification constituting a Special Court for any area or areas or for any
  
  case or class or group of cases is issued by the Central Government under
  
  sub-section (1), and a notification constituting a Special Court for the same
  
  area or areas o for the same case or class or group of cases has also been
  
  issued by the State Government under that sub-section, the Special Court
  
  constituted by the Central Government, whether the notification constituting
  
  such Court is issued before or after the issue of the notification constituting
  
  the Special Court by the State Government, shall have, and the Special Court
  
  constituted by the State Government shall not have, jurisdiction to try any
  
  offence committed in that area or areas or, as the case may be, the case or
  
  class or group of cases and all cases pending before any Special Court
  
  constituted by the State Government shall stand transferred to the Special
  
  Court constituted by the Central Government.
  3.  Where
  
  any question arises as to the jurisdiction of any Special Court, it shall be
  
  referred to the Central Government whose decision in the matter shall be final.
  
  
  4.    A
  
  Special Court shall be presided over by a judge to be appointed by the Central
  
  Government or, as the case may be, the State Government, with the concurrence
  
  of the Chief Justice of the High Court.
  5. The
  
  Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government may also
  
  appoint, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court,
  
  additional judges to exercise jurisdiction of a Special Court.
  6. 
  
    A
  
  person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge or an additional judge
  
  of a Special Court unless he is, immediately before such appointment,
  
  assessions judge or an additional sessions judge in any State.
  7. 
  
  
  
    For
  
  the removal of doubts, it is hereby provided that the attainment, by a person
  
  appointed as a judge or an additional judge of a Special Court, of the age of
  
  superannuation under the rules applicable to him in the service to which he
  
  belongs, shall not affect his continuance as such judge or additional judge.
  8. 
  
    Where
  
  any additional judge or additional judges is or are appointed in a Special
  
  Court, the judge of the Special Court may, from time to time, by general or
  
  special order, in writing, provide for the distribution of business of the
  
  Special Court among all judges including himself and the additional judge or
  
  additional judges and also for the disposal of urgent business in the event of
  
  his absence or the absence of any additional judge.