The Madras Civil Courts Act

Local limits of jurisdiction of District Court or Subordinate Judge

Local jurisdiction of District Munsifs

Jurisdiction of District Judge or Subordinate Judge in  original suits

Appeals from decrees of District Courts

Valuation of suits for immovable property

Power to require witness or party to make oath or affirmation

Law administered by Courts to Natives

Judges not to try suits in which they are interested; nor to try appeals from decrees passed by them in other capacities


JURISDICTION


The jurisdiction of a
District Judge or a Subordinate Judge extends, subject to the rules contained in the Code of Civil
Procedure, to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature.

Jurisdiction of District Munsif. —The jurisdiction of a District Munsif extends to all like suits
and proceedings, not otherwise exempted from his cognizance, of which the amount or value of the
subject-matter does not exceed two thousand five hundred rupees.  

LAWGIST

# 12 Jurisdiction of District Judge or Subordinate Judge in original suits