State Act

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Civil Courts and Miscellaneous Provisions, 1963

5. (1) The court of the District Judge shall be the principal civil court of original jurisdiction in the district within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. 12[(2) (a)The jurisdiction of the court of the District Judge and the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) shall extend to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature. (b) The jurisdiction of the court of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) shall extend to all original suits and proceedings of a civil nature wherein the subject matter does not exceed the value of 13[five lakh rupees.] (3) The court of the 14[Civil Judges] shall be subordinate to the court of the District Judge and subject to the general superintendence and control of the High Court, the court of the District Judge shall have general control over the court of the 15[Civil Judges] and its establishment, and the District Judge may give such directions with respect to matters not provided for by law and he may think necessary. 16[(4) No court other than the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) shall receive or register any suit in which the Central Government or the Administrator of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 17[and Daman and Diu] or any officer of the Government in his official capacity is a party; Provided that the Administrator of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 18[and Daman and Diu] may, by general or special order notified in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to any suit or class or category of suit of the nature referred to in that order. (5) Nothing contained in sub-section (4) shall apply to a suit against the administration of a Government Railway.]