8Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court of Punjab and Haryana

(1) Except as hereinafter provided—

(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana; and

(b) the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories.

(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day:

Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.

(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad—

(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana by virtue of sub-section (2), or

(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),

shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but also as an order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana, shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.