The Royal High Court of Bhutan is apex court of Bhutan. Judges of the court are appointed by the monarch. The Royal High Court also has original jurisdiction over the twenty districts of the nation. Bhutan's legal system is based on the Indian law and the English common law. It is based in the capital Thimphu. The king is the final court of appeals though. This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... Location of Thimphu dzongkhag within Bhutan Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ་) is the capital of Bhutan, and also the name of the surrounding valley and dzongkhag. ...