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Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Let district courts hear civil cases involving disputes up to Rs 20 crore: Bar Association to Meghwal
The district courts in Delhi should be allowed to hear civil suits involving disputes up to Rs 20 crore, the coordination committee of the District Court Bar Association urged Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in a letter on Friday. The body has urged for an 'enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts of Delhi from Rs 2 crore to Rs 20 crore' in relation to hearing civil suits. Currently, the jurisdiction of civil suits involving disputes of more than Rs 2 crore is vested with the Delhi High Court. '…Delhi has got only 11 district courts located in six complexes having civil jurisdiction, and the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi has only very few courts (Presently 4) vested with original civil jurisdiction. It is further noteworthy that the Honourable High Court of Delhi has very limited capacity,' read the letter to Meghwal. 'With every passing day,' the letter further pointed out, 'the inflation and other contributory factors result in an increase in the valuation of every transaction, which finally gives rise to an increasing number of cases going to the High Court of Delhi, and the cases in district courts keep decreasing'. 'On the other hand, the capacity of district courts keep increasing from time to time whereas the capacity High Court of Delhi is almost stagnant for many decades,' it read. '…We, the coordination committee of All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi take the privilege to draw your kind attention about the urgency for enhancement of pecuniary limits of all District Courts in Delhi from existing Rs 2 crore, which is very minuscule considering the cost of living or volume of business in Delhi to Rs 20 crore at least,' the letter urged, adding the rate of disposal in Delhi's district courts was higher than the disposal in the High Court. Earlier, this monetary limit for district courts was Rs 20 lakh and was enhanced to Rs 2 crore in October 2015 after the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, was amended by the Parliament.
The Print
24-05-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Enhance pecuniary limits of Delhi district courts to Rs 20 crore, Bar Associations urge Law Minister
A delegation, including the committee's chairman Nagendra Kumar, its spokesperson Neeraj and New Delhi Bar Association Honorary Secretary Tarun Rana, met the minister earlier on Friday and urged him to amend the Delhi High Court Act for enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction. The committee said the jurisdiction for considering and deciding litigations of civil nature was originally vested with the district courts as well as the high court of Delhi simultaneously wherein the pecuniary jurisdiction for the district courts were for the suits upto valuation of Rs 2 crore only since 2015 and all the matters having valuation of more than Rs 2 crore were vested with the high court. New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) The Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi has urged Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to enhance the pecuniary limits of all district courts in the capital from existing Rs 2 crore to minimum Rs 20 crore, citing growing 'inflation'. Rana claimed that Meghwal assured to do the needful in this regard. The committee said that the high court has very limited capacity under which it has to deal with criminal, writ as well as appellate jurisdiction against all the district courts and many tribunals. 'It is further pertinent to mention herein that with every passing day, the inflation and other contributory factors result into increase in valuation of every transaction which finally gives rise to increasing number of cases going to the high court and the cases in the district courts keep decreasing,' the committee said. On the other hand, the capacity of the district courts keep increasing from time to time whereas the number of courts in the high court is almost stagnant for many decades, it said. 'The result is that on the one hand number of cases are rising in the HC accumulating pendency and delay where completion of pleadings itself takes more than three years whereas number of courts are increasing in the district courts where the entire case is almost at the stage of disposal within three years,' the committee said. This situation ultimately causes great hardship to litigants and public in general giving a serious impression about delay in delivering justice which at times frustrates the purpose of litigation, it said. Increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of the district courts of Delhi would, on the one hand, lessen the burden of the high court of Delhi, the committee claimed. PTI UK AS AS This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hindustan Times
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Enhance pecuniary limits of Delhi district courts to ₹20 crore, Bar Associations urge Law Minister
New Delhi, The Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi has urged Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to enhance the pecuniary limits of all district courts in the capital from existing ₹2 crore to minimum ₹20 crore, citing growing "inflation". The committee said the jurisdiction for considering and deciding litigations of civil nature was originally vested with the district courts as well as the high court of Delhi simultaneously wherein the pecuniary jurisdiction for the district courts were for the suits upto valuation of ₹2 crore only since 2015 and all the matters having valuation of more than ₹2 crore were vested with the high court. A delegation, including the committee's chairman Nagendra Kumar, its spokesperson Neeraj and New Delhi Bar Association Honorary Secretary Tarun Rana, met the minister earlier on Friday and urged him to amend the Delhi High Court Act for enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction. Rana claimed that Meghwal assured to do the needful in this regard. The committee said that the high court has very limited capacity under which it has to deal with criminal, writ as well as appellate jurisdiction against all the district courts and many tribunals. "It is further pertinent to mention herein that with every passing day, the inflation and other contributory factors result into increase in valuation of every transaction which finally gives rise to increasing number of cases going to the high court and the cases in the district courts keep decreasing," the committee said. On the other hand, the capacity of the district courts keep increasing from time to time whereas the number of courts in the high court is almost stagnant for many decades, it said. "The result is that on the one hand number of cases are rising in the HC accumulating pendency and delay where completion of pleadings itself takes more than three years whereas number of courts are increasing in the district courts where the entire case is almost at the stage of disposal within three years," the committee said. This situation ultimately causes great hardship to litigants and public in general giving a serious impression about delay in delivering justice which at times frustrates the purpose of litigation, it said. Increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of the district courts of Delhi would, on the one hand, lessen the burden of the high court of Delhi, the committee claimed.
