Original jurisdiction of Civil Courts

(1) Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force,— (a) the Court of the Civil Judge Class II shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit or original proceeding of a value not exceeding Rs. 10,000; (b) the Court of the Civil Judge Class I shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit or original proceeding of a value not exceeding Rs. 20,000; (c) the Court of the District Judge and the Court of the Additional District Judge shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit or original proceeding without restriction as regards value. (2) The local limits of the jurisdiction of the Courts specified in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) shall be such as the State Government may, by notification, define. (3) Nothing in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) shall affect any suit or original proceedings instituted before 26th January, 1959.