The State Trading Corporation Of India Ltd v. M/S Rajat Pharmachem Ltd & ORS

$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(OS) 2080/2009 THE STATE TRADING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD ..... Plaintiff Through:

Mr. D.Ray Chaudhri, Sr. Adv. with Mr. R.N.Yadav, Advocate.

versus M/S RAJAT PHARMACHEM LTD & ORS ..... Defendants Through:

Mr. Ateev Mathur, Advocate for D-3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 12.05.2016 I.A.No. 5970/2016 (restoration application filed by plaintiff) 1.

Since the pecuniary jurisdiction value of the suit when it was listed was Rs. 22 lacs, the present application for restoration will have to be decided by the concerned transferee court having pecuniary jurisdiction. 2.

An Office Order dated 24.11.2015 has been 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 CS(OS) 2080/2009

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. Accordingly, this suit alongwith application for restoration is transferred for decision to the jurisdictional Court under the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi.

3.

Let parties appear before the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi on 11th July, 2016. Suit file be made available to the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi on the date fixed.

VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J MAY 12, 2016 ib CS(OS) 2080/2009