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some claim, demand, or question to or respecting property
 amounting to or of the value of not less than
Rs. 10,000; or from any other final judgment, decree,
or order made either on appeal or otherwise when the
High Court shall declare that the case is a fit one for
appeal.

The High Courts may, under the Charter, grant
leave to appeal to the Privy Council from any preliminary
 or interlocutory judgment, decree, order, or
sentence in any matter not being of criminal jurisdiction.

Further, a power of appeal is given in criminal
cases, subject to the order of the High Court, in cases
in their original criminal jurisdiction, and in any case
in which points of law may have been reserved for
the opinion of the High Court.
The High Courts are directed by their Charter,
in all cases of appeal, to transmit to the Privy Council
copies of all the proceedings of the judgment, decrees,
and other orders made. The High Courts are also
bound to execute the judgments and orders of the
Privy Council,

The Superior Courts in India—Early History.
The administration of justice by the East India
Company, during the earlier years of its existence,
was confined mainly to its ports, settlements, and
factories, and to its own servants and followers. The
Company held its possessions from the native governments,
 who possessed nominal sovereignty over it.