CPC, 1908 · Part I · Jurisdiction of the Courts Courts to try all civil suits unless barred The foundation stone of civil jurisdiction — every civil dispute may come to a civil court, unless a law shuts the door.…
§7 ↔ §8 § SECTION 7 ↔ § SECTION 8 · CPC 1908 Provincial vs Presidency Small Cause Courts Two sections, two directions: how the Code steps back from the small-claims courts — one by trimming, the other by switching…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 8 §8 § SECTION 8 · CPC 1908 Presidency Small Cause Courts As a rule the Code does not apply to the Presidency Court of Small Causes — except a saved list of provisions. The bare…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 7 §7 § SECTION 7 · CPC 1908 Provincial Small Cause Courts A list of CPC provisions that do not apply to a Provincial Court of Small Causes — a negative, exclusion rule. The bare Act…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 6 §6 § SECTION 6 · CPC 1908 Pecuniary Jurisdiction The Code is procedural — it does not hand a court jurisdiction over a suit worth more than that court’s ordinary money limit. ₹ The bare…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 5 §5 § SECTION 5 · CPC 1908 Application of the Code to Revenue Courts Two sub-sections, two tabs — 5(1) the State Government’s power to switch off or modify the Code for Revenue Courts, and…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 4 §4 § SECTION 4 · CPC 1908 Savings The Code is the general law of civil procedure — but it steps aside for special and local laws unless it clearly says otherwise. Two sub-sections, two…
CPC 1908/Preliminary · Ss.1–8/Section 3 §3 § SECTION 3 · CPC 1908 Subordination of Courts One short section sets the civil-court pecking order the whole Code relies on — who answers to whom. Bare Act — Section 3, CPC 1908…
CPC 1908/Section 2 · Definitions/2(7) Government Pleader/2(7A) & 2(7B) CPC 1908 · s.2(7A) & 2(7B) The territorial definitions Two map-drawing clauses — “High Court” for the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and “India” for the Code. Both were added by a…
CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(19) share in a corporation/ 2(20) signed §2(20) signature STAMP § SECTION 2(20) · CPC 1908 signed A small word with a sharp carve-out: a stamp usually counts as a signature — but never…
