The Presidency Small Cause Courts Act

Local limits of jurisdiction of Court

Suits in which Court has jurisdiction

Plaintiff may abandon suit against defendant resident out of jurisdiction

Suits in which Court has no jurisdiction

Return of plaint

Court may by consent try suits beyond pecuniary limits of jurisdiction

Suits by and against officers of Court

Costs when plaintiff sues in High Court in other cases cognizable by Small Cause Court


JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF SUITS


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.

LAWGIST

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