CPC 22 — Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

Where a suit may
be instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after
notice  to  the  other  parties,  may,  at  the  earliest  possible  opportunity  and  in  all  cases  where  issues  are
settled at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to
which  such  application  is  made,  after  considering  the  objections  of  the  other  parties  (if  any),  shall determine in which of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.

1. Explanation 1 omitted by Act 104 of 1976, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
4. S. 21 renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 104 of 1976, s. 8 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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