LawgistThe Madras Civil Courts Act
11Local jurisdiction of District Munsifs
The High Court shall fix, and may from time to time modify, the local jurisdiction of District Munsifs.
1 [If the High Court assigns the same local jurisdiction to two or more District Munsifs, it shall declare which of them shall be deemed the Principal District Munsif, and the other, or others, shall be called Additional District Munsifs, and shall take cognizance only of such suits and applications as may, by special or general order in this behalf, be directed by the District Judge.]
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1. Added by s. 3, ibid.
JURISDICTION
- 10 Local limits of jurisdiction of District Court or Subordinate Judge
- 11 Local jurisdiction of District Munsifs
- 12 Jurisdiction of District Judge or Subordinate Judge in original suits
- 13 Appeals from decrees of District Courts
- 14 Valuation of suits for immovable property
- 15 Power to require witness or party to make oath or affirmation
- 16 Law administered by Courts to Natives
- 17 Judges not to try suits in which they are interested; nor to try appeals from decrees passed by them in other capacities
