Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITY CIVIL COURT FOR THE CITY OF

Establishment of a City Civil Court.- (1) As from the appointed date there shall be a City Civil Court for the City of Bangalore.

1. (2) The City Civil Court shall consist of a Principal City Civil Judge and such number of other City Civil Judges as the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, determine.
2. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, the City Civil Court,-
   • (a) shall be deemed to be the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in the City of Bangalore ;
   • (b) shall have jurisdiction to receive, try and dispose of all suits and other proceedings of a civil nature and arising within the City of Bangalore except suits or proceedings which are cognizable by the High Court and the Court of Small Causes.
3. (4) The District Courts, the courts of the Civil Judges and the Munsiff's Courts established under the Karnataka Civil Courts Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 21 of 1964),-
   • (a) exercising jurisdiction only within the local limits of the City of Bangalore immediately before the appointed date, shall on and from the said date cease to function and are hereby abolished ;
   • (b) exercising jurisdiction within the local limits of the City of Bangalore as well as outside such limits immediately before the appointed date, shall, on and from the said date, cease to have jurisdiction within the local limits of the City of Bangalore.
4. (5) Nothing in sub-section (4), shall prejudice or affect the continued operation of any notice served, injunction issued, direction given, proceedings taken, decree or order passed before the appointed date by any of the courts referred to in that sub-section under the powers then conferred upon those courts.

Court shall be deemed

1[to be a court]

¹ Substituted by Act 23 of 1980 w.e.f. 25-7-1980.

subordinate to and subject to the control and superintendence of the High Court.

(1) subject to the other provisions of this Act, each of the Judges may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on the City Civil Court by this Act or any other law for the time being in force.

1. (2) The Principal City Civil Judge may, subject to the General or Special Orders of the High Court, from time to time, make such arrangement as he thinks fit for the distribution of the business of the City Civil Court among the Judges thereof.

Civil Court.- (1) In the event of the death of the Principal City Civil Judge or of his being incapacitated from performing his duties by sudden illness or otherwise or of his absence on leave or for any other reason, the next senior most Judge shall without relinquishing his ordinary duties assume the charge of the office of the Principal City Civil Judge and shall continue incharge thereof until the same is assumed by the Principal City Civil Judge duly appointed thereto.

1. (2) While incharge of the office of the Principal City Civil Judge under sub-section (1), the seniormost Judge shall, subject to the general or special orders of the High Court, issued in this behalf, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Principal

Registrar, etc.- (1) The City Civil Court shall have a Registrar and as many Deputy Registrars and other staff as may be determined by the State Government in consultation with the High Court.

1. (2) The High Court may appoint an officer belonging to the Judicial Service of the State of Karnataka as the Registrar of the City Civil Court.
2. (3) The Registrar shall be the Chief Ministerial Officer of the City Civil Court.
3. (4) Subject to the 1[orders] made by the High Court in this behalf, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrars and other staff shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as the Principal City Civil Judge may from time to time assign.

¹ Substituted by Act 23 of 1980 w.e.f. 25-7-1980.

Save as otherwise provided in this Act and subject to such rules as the High Court may make for the City Civil Court under Article 227 of the constitution or section 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) all questions which arise in suits or other proceedings under this Act in the City

Appeals and limitation.- (1) Appeals from the decrees and orders passed by the City Civil Court in suits and other proceedings of civil nature shall, when such appeals are provided by law, lie to the High Court.

1. (2) The period of limitation for an appeal from a decree or order of the City Civil Court shall be ninety days form the date of such decree or order.