section 55
Exclusion of Panchayats jurisdiction
The Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952No suit shall lie in a Panchayat— (a) on a balance of a partnership account; (b) for a share or a part of a share under an intestacy or for a legacy or part of legacy under a will; (c) by or against the Central Government or a State Government or a local authority or a public servant or a Panchayat or Market Committee constituted under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1939, (or any other Act for the time being in force), or when any such party is, in the opinion of the Panchayat, a necessary party; (d) by or against a minor or a person of unsound mind or when any such person is in the opinion of the Panchayat, a necessary party; (e) against an insolvent for a claim pertaining to the time prior to the admission of his insolvency petition; (f) on account of any dispute or matter regarding which any suit or application may be made in a Revenue Court as defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, except as provided in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 52; (g) in which the matter directly and substantially in issue is pending for decision in or has been heard and finally decided by a court of competent jurisdiction in a former suit between the same parties or those under whom they claim.
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