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The 1[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish for the Greater Bombay a court, to be called the Bombay City Civil Court. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, such court shall have jurisdiction to receive, try and dispose of all suits and other proceedings of a civil nature 2[,not exceeding rupees ten crore in value,] 3[* * *] arising within the Greater Bombay, except suits or proceedings which are cognizable- (a) by the High Court as a Court of Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty as a Colonial Court of Admiralty, or as a Court having testamentary, intestate or matrimonial Jurisdiction, or (b) by the High Court for the relief of insolvent debtors, or (c) by the High Court under any special law other than the Letters Patent, or 4[(c -1) by the High Court under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936); or(c-2) by the High Court in respect of intellectual property matters; or] (d) by the Small Cause Court: 5[* * * *]
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The <sup>1</sup>[State] Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, establish for the Greater Bombay a court, to be called the Bombay City Civil Court. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, such court shall have jurisdiction to receive, try and dispose of all suits and other proceedings of a civil nature <sup>2</sup>[,not exceeding rupees ten crore in value,] <sup>3</sup>[* * *] arising within the Greater Bombay, except suits or proceedings which are cognizable-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) by the High Court as a Court of Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty as a Colonial Court of Admiralty, or as a Court having testamentary, intestate or matrimonial Jurisdiction, or<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(b)</i> by the High Court for the relief of insolvent debtors, or<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) by the High Court under any special law other than the Letters Patent, or <sup>4</sup>[(c -1) by the High Court under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936); or(<i>c-2</i>) by the High Court in respect of intellectual property matters; or]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) by the Small Cause Court:<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>5</sup>[* * * *]<br>