Joint Registrar ordered transfer of a civil suit concerning recovery of earnest money from High Court to District Courts due to valuation limits, directing parties to appear before the designated District Judge.
Suit transferred to District Courts; parties directed to appear on 17 August 2016 before District Judge (Central), Tis Hazari Courts.
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SUBHASH SHARMA ..... Plaintiff
Through Mr. K.K. Sharma, Advocate
versus
RAJ KHANNA & ANR ..... Defendants Through Mr. Deepak Khadaria, Advocate
CORAM: SH. ANIL KUMAR SISODIA (DHJS), JOINT REGISTRAR (JUDICIAL)
O R D E R % 11.07.2016
Vide Notification No. 1078/G-4/Genl./DHC dated 06.07.2016, the cases listed on Friday, 08.07.2016 has been taken up today.
Ld. counsel for the plaintiff has pointed out that vide order dated 09.11.2012 and the order dated 28.10.2013, the present suit is now confined to the recovery of earnest money and the relief of specific performance does not survive. The amount of recovery sought by the plaintiff is less than Rs. 1 crore and hence, the matter has to be transferred to District Courts.
I have perused the record and heard ld. counsels for the parties. In view of the orders dated 09.11.2012 and 28.10.2013, the present suit is liable to be transferred to the court of Competent Jurisdiction.
Accordingly, in terms of the Notification No. 27187/DHC/Orgl. dated 24.11.2015 and also in view of the order passed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice, the suit stands transferred to the District Courts.
The parties are directed to appear before the Ld. District Judge (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on 17th August, 2016 for further
directions.
Registry is directed to send the complete record to the Ld. District Judge (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi before the next date of hearing.
ANIL KUMAR SISODIA (DHJS) JOINT REGISTRAR (JUDICIAL)
JULY 11, 2016 savita
Subhash Sharma
Raj Khanna & Anr
Anil Kumar Sisodia
As recorded by the court registry
A civil suit filed on the original side of a High Court exercising ordinary original civil jurisdiction.
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