Shri Parveen Kumar Chibber v. M/S Lakshay Estate And Builders And ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CS(OS) 2312/2007 SHRI PARVEEN KUMAR CHIBBER ..... Plaintiff Through:

None versus M/S LAKSHAY ESTATE AND BUILDERS AND ANR. ..... Defendants Through:

Mr.

K.

Singhal, Advocate for defendant no. 1.

Ms.

Lavika Gupta, Advocate for defendant no. 2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 08.02.2016 I.A. No. 1157/2016 (u/O 39 R 1 & 2 by defendant No. 1) & I.A. No. 1158/2016 (for exemption) 1.

I cannot pass an order on this application as this Court no longer has pecuniary jurisdiction.

2.

Learned counsel for defendant no. 1/applicant states that he has informed the counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. B.L. Chawla, Advocate on his mobile but the said advocate has not come.

3.

Since this Court does not have pecuniary jurisdiction in view of the Office Order dated 24.11.2015, issued by Hon'ble the Chief Justice, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 4 of the Delhi High Court

(Amendment) Act, 2015, whereby ordinary suits which are not commercial matters having pecuniary jurisdiction up to the value of rupees two crores cannot be tried by this Court and commercial matters up to the value of rupees one crore cannot be tried by this Court, this suit is transferred for decision to the jurisdictional Court under the District & Sessions Judge (West), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.

4.

Let parties appear before the District & Sessions Judge (West), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on 22nd March, 2016. Suit file be made available to the District & Sessions Judge (West), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, on the date fixed.

VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J FEBRUARY 08, 2016/hkaur