LawgistThe Presidency Small Cause Courts Act
20Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits of jurisdiction
When the parties to a suit, which, if the amount or value of the subject-matter thereof did not exceed two thousand rupees, would be cognizable by the Small Cause Court, have entered into an agreement in writing that the Small Cause Court shall have jurisdiction to try such suit, the Court shall have jurisdiction to try the same, although the amount or value of the subject-matter thereof may exceed two thousand rupees.
Every such agreement shall be filed in the Small Cause Court, and, when so filed, the parties to it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court, and shall be bound by its decision in such suit.
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JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF SUITS
- 17 Local limits of jurisdiction of Court
- 18 Suits in which Court has jurisdiction
- 18A Plaintiff may abandon suit against defendant resident out of jurisdiction
- 19 Suits in which Court has no jurisdiction
- 19A Return of plaint
- 20 Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits of jurisdiction
- 21 Suits by and against officers of Court
- 22 Costs when plaintiff sues in High Court in other cases cognizable by Small Cause Court
