Dheeraj Kumar v. Nagendra Prasad
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, First Appeal No. 78 of 2025, decided 11-05-2026 by Rudra Prakash Mishra, J. Oral order disposing of the first appeal as withdrawn on grounds of pecuniary jurisdiction: suit valued at Rs. 2,16,000/-; amendment to Section 21 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Bihar Amendment) Act, 2013 places appeals from suits up to Rs. 10 lakhs before the District Judge; liberty granted to file before the District Judge within eight weeks with limitation petition, filing and pendency in the High Court to be considered. Keywords: withdrawal of first appeal, pecuniary jurisdiction, Section 21, Bengal Agra and Assam Civil Courts Bihar Amendment Act 2013, limitation petition, Dheeraj Kumar v. Nagendra Prasad and Ganesh Prasad.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of as withdrawn; appellants permitted to move before the learned District Judge concerned within eight weeks along with a limitation petition, with the filing and pendency of the appeal in this Court to be taken into account by the District Judge in deciding the limitation petition.