Shri Jai Bhagwan Jain & Others v. Delhi Development Authority & Another

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CS(OS) 2447/2008 SHRI JAI BHAGWAN JAIN & OTHERS ..... Plaintiffs Through Mr. P.S. Sridhar Raj and Mr.Shubham Saxena, Advocates versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ANOTHER ..... Defendants Through

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 04.03.2016 I.A. No.3061/2016 (by LRs of plaintiff u/O IX Rule 9 CPC) & I.A. No.3062/2016 (condonation of delay of 880 days in filing application) in CS(OS) No.2447/2008 1.

The pecuniary jurisdiction value of the suit was Rs. 21 lacs and which was dismissed for non-prosecution on 08.08.2013. These applications will have to be taken up by the concerned transferee jurisdictional Court. 2.

Since 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) No.2447/2008

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 is transferred for decision to the jurisdictional Court under the District & Sessions Judge, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. 3.

Let parties appear before the District & Sessions Judge, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on 18th April, 2016. Suit file be made available to the District & Sessions Judge, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on the date fixed.

VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J MARCH 04, 2016 nn CS(OS) No.2447/2008