Tenn. Code § 16-3-501 : COURTS — SUPREME COURT — SUPERVISION OF INFERIOR COURTS —3-501 - Inferior courts - Supervisory control TEXT PDF In order to ensure the harmonious, efficient and uniform operation of the judicial system of the state, the supreme court is granted and clothed with general supervisory control over all the inferior courts of the state. T.C.A. § 16-3-501 Acts 1970, ch. 422, § 1; T.C.A., § 16-330.