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section 30

Transfer of proceedings from Madhya Pradesh High Court to Chhattisgarh High Court.

The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000
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Part IV HIGH COURT

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  1. (1) Except as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall, as from the appointed day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the transferred territory.
  2. (2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh immediately before the appointed day as are certified, whether before or after that day, by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Chhattisgarh shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Chhattisgarh.
  3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section or in section 23, but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall have, and the High Court of Chhattisgarh shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh before the appointed day: Provided that if after any such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Chhattisgarh, he shall order that they shall be so transferred, and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
  4. (4) Any order made by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh—
    • (a) before the appointed day, in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Chhattisgarh by virtue of sub-section (2); or
    • (b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Madhya Pradesh retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), shall for all purposes have effect, not only as an order of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, but also as an order made by the High Court of Chhattisgarh.

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