Section 8. Presidency Small Cause Courts. Save as provided in sections 24, 38 to 41, 75, clauses (a), (b) and (c), 76, 77, 157 andRead More →

PART I (9-35B) – SUITS IN GENERAL Jurisdiction of the Courts and Res-judicata Section 9. Courts to try all civil suits unless barred. The CourtsRead More →

Section 10. Stay of suit. No Court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which the matter in issue is also directly andRead More →

Section 11. Res-judicata. No Court shall try any suit or issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantiallyRead More →

Section 12. Bar to further suit. Where a plaintiff is precluded by rules from instituting a further suit in respect of any particular cause ofRead More →

Section 13. When foreign judgment not conclusive. A foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly adjudicated upon between the same partiesRead More →

Section 14. Presumption as to foreign judgments. The Court shall presume upon the production of any document purporting to be a certified copy of aRead More →

Place of suing Section 15. Court in which suits to be instituted. Every suit shall be instituted in the Court of the lowest grade competentRead More →

Section 16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate. Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits- (a) for the recoveryRead More →

Section 17. Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts. Where a suit is to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to,Read More →

Section 18. Place of institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain. (1) Where it is alleged to be uncertain withinRead More →

Section 19. Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movable. Where a suit is for compensation for wrong done to the person or toRead More →

Section 20. Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises. Subject to the limitations aforesaid, every suit shall be institutedRead More →

Section 21. Objections to jurisdiction. (1) No objection as to the place of suing shall be allowed by any appellate or Revisional Court unless suchRead More →

Section 21A. Bar on suit to set aside decree on objection as to place of suing. No suit shall lie challenging the validity of aRead More →

Section 22. Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court. Where a suit may be instituted in any one ofRead More →