Subrata Basu and Anr. v. Sandree Home Services Private Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 24 CPC transfer application allowed: Calcutta High Court (Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri), C.O. 170 of 2024, decided 21.07.2025 by Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. Title Suit No.469 of 2023 transferred from Civil Judge (Junior Division), Jalpaiguri to City Civil Court at Calcutta. Petitioners (defendants): Subrata Basu and another (advocates Ms. Tanuka Basu, Ms. Srishti Sarkar); respondent/plaintiff: Sandree Home Services Private Limited (unrepresented, ex parte hearing). Grounds: both parties Kolkata-based; sale deed under cancellation registered in Kolkata despite property in Jalpaiguri; property location not determinative of convenience. Chief Judge, City Civil Court to allocate suit to a Bench or retain it, from current stage.
What did the court decide?
C.O. 170 of 2024 allowed; Title Suit No.469 of 2023 directed to be transferred from the Court of the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division) at Jalpaiguri to the City Civil Court at Calcutta; Chief Judge, City Civil Court to allocate the suit to an appropriate Bench or hear it himself/herself from the current stage; copies of the order to be sent to both courts by special messenger at the cost of the petitioners, to be put in within a week; courts to act on server copies; urgent certified copies on compliance of formalities.