Suits in which the Government is a party

Miscellaneous

Suits in which the Government is a party.—

1. (1) No Court other than the ["District Court"] shall receive or register any suit in which the Central Government or the [Government of the Government of Goa] or any officer of Government in his official capacity, is a party: Provided that the [Government] may by general or special order notified in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any suit or class or category of suits of the nature referred to therein.
2. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a suit against the administration of a Government Railway.