Lawgist13Power to fix local limits of jurisdiction of Courts
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix and alter the local limits of the jurisdiction of any Civil Court under this Act.
(2) If the same local jurisdiction is assigned to two or more Subordinate Judges or to two or more Munsifs, the District Judge may assign to each of them such civil business cognizable by the Subordinate Judge or Munsif, as the case may be, as, subject to any General or special orders of the High Court, he thinks fit.
(3) When civil business arising in any local area is assigned by the District Judge under sub-section (2) to one of two or more Subordinate Judges, or to one of two or more Munsifs, a decree or order passed by the Subordinate Judge or Munsif shall not be invalid by reason only of the case in which it was made having arisen wholly or in part in a place beyond the local area if that place is within the local limits fixed by the State Government under sub-section (1).
(4) A Judge of a Court of Small Causes appointed to be also a Subordinate Judge or Munsif is a Subordinate Judge or Munsif, as the case may be, within the meaning of this section.
(5) The present local limits of the jurisdiction of every Civil Court under this Act shall be deemed to have been fixed under this section.
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- 3 Classes of Courts
- 4 Number of District Judges, Subordinate Judges and Munsifs
- 5 [Repealed.]
- 6 Vacancies among District or Subordinate Judges
- 7 [Repealed.]
- 8 Additional Judges
- 9 Administrative control of courts
- 10 Temporary charge of District Court
- 11 Transfer of proceedings on vacation of office of Subordinate Judge
- 12 [Repealed.]
- 13 Power to fix local limits of jurisdiction of Courts
- 14 Place of sitting of Courts
- 15 Vacations of Courts
- 16 Seals of Courts
- 17 Continuance of proceedings of Courts ceasing to have jurisdiction
