Sree Sree Bastu Devta and Sri Shiva Thakur Rep by Mohan Chandra Das and Ors. v. Santosh Das and Anr.
Transfer of suit – Territorial jurisdiction
Case brief
What is this about?
CO 4439 of 2023, order dated 17.04.2026 by Shampa Dutt (Paul), J. Transfer of Title Suit No. 2 of 1986 from the 2nd Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Alipore, South 24 Parganas to the District Judge, North 24 Pargana (Barasat side) on account of the March 1986 bifurcation of undivided 24 Parganas and location of the suit property at Dumdum within 24 Parganas North. Petitioners: Sree Sree Bastu Devta & Sri Shiva Thakur represented by Mohan Chandra Das (advocates Falguni Bandyopadhyay, Riya Ballav, Tamal Mukhopadhyay, Aindrik Chatterjee); respondents: Santosh Das & Anr. (unrepresented). Directions: disposal preferably within one year; notice of transfer by both transferor and transferee courts. Keywords: transfer of suit, territorial jurisdiction, pecuniary jurisdiction, district bifurcation, 24 Parganas North/South, Dumdum, Barasat, Alipore, aged suit of 1986, expeditious disposal.