Pending cases

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 or the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882, as amended by this Act,-

1. (1) all suits and proceedings of a civil nature pending, immediately before the date on which this Act comes into force, in the specified court shall be continued in that court as if this Act had not been passed and that specified court shall have for the purpose of the said suits and proceedings all jurisdiction and powers which it had immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force;
2. (2) no appeal or application for revision in respect of any suits or proceedings so continued under clause
3. (1) in any specified court shall lie to the court which would have appellate or, as the case may be, revisional jurisdiction and that court shall entertain and dispose of the appeal or application as if the proceedings were instituted in that court before the date on which this Act comes into force;
4. (3) all applications for the execution or enforcement of a decree or order of a specified court passed immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force and all other applications arising out of such decree or order shall be made to and disposed of by that court as if this Act had not been passed. Explanation. -The expression "specified court" means the court of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) or that of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) or the Ahmedabad City Civil Court.