The Karnataka Small Cause Courts Act, 1964

Preamble

THE KARNATAKA SMALL CAUSE COURTS ACT, 1964 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Statement of Objects and Reasons Sections : CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF COURTS OF SMALL CAUSES 3. Establishment of Courts of Small Causes. 4. Judge. 5. Additional Judges. 6. Registrar. 7. Duties of ministerial officers. andiaCod'UEs CHAPTER III JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF SMALL CAUSES 8. Cognizance of suits by Courts of Small Causes. 9. Exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of Small Causes. CHAPTER IV PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 10. Application of the Code. 11. Trial of suits by Registrar. 12. Admission, return and rejection of plaints by Registrar. 13. Passing of decrees by Registrar on admission. 14. Execution of decrees by Registrar. 15. Adjournment of cases by chief ministerial officers. 16. Return of Plaint In Suits Involving question of title. 17. Appeal from certain orders of Courts of Small Causes. 18. Revision of decrees and orders of Courts of Small Causes. 19. Finality of decrees or orders. CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 20. Subordination of Courts of Small Causes. 21. Vacation. 22. Seal. 23. Abolition of Courts of Small Causes. 24. Saving of power to appoint Judge of Court of Small Causes to other office. 25. Application of Act to Courts invested with jurisdiction of Court of Small Causes. 26. Application of Act and Code to Courts so invested as to two Courts. 27. Modification of Code as so applied. Continuance Of proceedings of aNested d Courts. 29. Repeal and savings. SCHEDULE. STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 11 of 1964 .- There are at present five different enactments in force in the five Areas of the Mysore State to regulate the constitution, powers and jurisdiction of civil courts. It is proposed to have a uniform law on the subject. Hence this Bill. The following are the salient features of the Bill, namely :- (1) provision for three classes of Civil Courts subordinate to the High Court, namely :- (i) the Court of the District Judge called the District Court; (ii) the Court of the Civil Judge; and (iii) the Court of the Munsiff; (2) provision for the establishment of a District Court for each district or more than one district and for treating the City of Bangalore as a district; (3) provision for the establishment of a Court of a Civil Judge for each district; or for part of a district or for more than one district; (4) provision for fixing and varying by the High Court with the approval of the State Government, the number of Civil Judges and Munsiffs to be appointed to the Court of a Civil Judge or Munsiff's Court; (5) provision empowering the State Government to fix the locality of courts in consultation with the High Court; (6) provision for treating the Courts of Civil Judges (Senior Division) in the Bombay Area, the Courts of Civil Judges in the Mysore Area; and the Courts of Subordinate Judges, as Courts of Civil Judges; and for treating the Courts of Civil Judges (Junior Division) in the Bombay Area, the Courts of District Munsiffs in the Madras Area and the Courts of Munsiffs in the other Areas, as Munsiffs' Courts; (7) conferment of unlimited pecuniary jurisdiction on the Court of a Civil Judge in respect of all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature; (8) provision for conferment of jurisdiction on the Munsiff's Court in respect of all suits and proceedings of a civil nature of which the amount or value of the subject matter does not exceed five thousand rupees and on the recommendation of the High Court, the jurisdiction of any Munsiff's Court may be extended by the State Government to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature, the value of the subject matter of which does not exceed ten thousand rupees; (9) provision for appeals from decrees and orders passed by a Munsiff to the District Court; and transfer by the District Judge to the Court of the Civil Judge within his jurisdiction of appeals the value of the subject matter of which

Sections

Type to filter. 27 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definitions
3. 3Establishment of Courts of Small Causes
4. 4Judge
5. 5Additional Judges
6. 6Registrar
7. 7Duties of ministerial officers
8. 8Cognizance of suits by Courts of Small Causes
9. 9Exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of Small Causes
10. 10Application of the Code
11. 11Trial of suits by Registrar
12. 12Admission, return and rejection of plaints by Registrar
13. 13Passing of decrees by Registrar on admission
14. 14Execution of decrees by Registrar
15. 15Adjournment of cases by chief ministerial officer
16. 16Return of plaint in suits involving question of title
17. 18Revision of decrees and orders of Courts of Small Causes
18. 19Finality of decrees or orders
19. 20Subordination of Courts of Small Causes
20. 22Seal
21. 23Abolition of Courts of Small Causes
22. 24Saving of power to appoint Judge of Court of Small Causes to other office
23. 25Application of Act to Courts invested with jurisdiction of Court of Small causes
24. 26Application of Act and Code to Courts so invested as to two Courts
25. 27Modification of Code as so applied
26. 28Continuance of proceedings of abolished Courts
27. 29Repeal and savings