THE SUITS FOR POSSESSION AND INJUNCTION (RE-TRANSFER) ACT, 1963

The Suits for Possession and Injunction (Re-Transfer) Act, 1963

This law addresses the administrative handling of pending land dispute lawsuits following the expiration of prior protective legislation. Specifically, it applies to legal cases involving claims for land possession or injunctions that had been moved from civil courts to Revenue Divisional Officers under the Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act of 1955. Because that underlying legislation expired while these matters were still pending, this law mandates that the Revenue Divisional Officers return all such active suits back to their original civil courts. This ensures that ongoing property disputes between landlords and cultivating tenants are not abandoned in legal limbo, allowing courts to resume processing them from the stage at which they were paused.

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