Dismissed¶¶10
Ananda Kumar Mondal v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCFA/155/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Maintainability of first appeal; Section 21, Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887; valuation threshold Rs. 25,00,000/-; appeal and suit valued Rs. 13,50,500/-; appeal from Civil Judge (Senior Division) decree lies to Principal District Judge, not High Court; F.A. No. 155 of 2024; suit O.S. No. 436 of 2019, Dhanbad; appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
Under Section 21 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887, an appeal from a decree or order of a Subordinate Judge (renamed Civil Judge (Senior Division)) lies to the District Judge (renamed Principal District Judge) where the value of the original suit was less than Rs. 25,00,000/-, and to the High Court in any other case. ¶¶9