LawgistThe Presidency Small Cause Courts Act
21Suits by and against officers of Court
All suits to which an officer of the Small Cause Court is, as such, a party, except suits in respect of property taken in execution of its process, or the proceeds or value thereof 1 [and all suits whereof the amount or value of the subjectmatter exceeds one thousand rupees] may be instituted in the High Court at the election of the plaintiff as if this Act had not been passed.
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2. Ins. by Act 1 of 1895, s. 10.
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
