§ 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

For the purposes of this Code, the District Court is subordinate to the High Court, and every Civil Court of a grade inferior to that of a District Court and every Court of Small Causes is subordinate to the High Court and District Court.

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