Civil court – Jurisdiction – CPC S. 9 – Therefore, it is a fundamental presumption in statutory interpretation that ordinary civil courts have jurisdiction to decide all matters of a civil nature, [2008 PLRonline 0104]

Civil court – Jurisdiction – CPC S. 9 – Therefore, it is a fundamental presumption in statutory interpretation that ordinary civil courts have jurisdiction to decide all matters of a civil nature. As a corollary,

(i) provisions excluding jurisdiction of civil courts should receive strict construction. (See Bhagwat Singh v. State of Rajasthan : AIR 1964 SC 444; Raichand v. Union of India : AIR 1964 SC 1268), and

(ii) provisions conferring jurisdiction on authorities and tribunals other than civil courts (See Kasturi and Sons v. Salivateswaran : AIR 1958 SC 507; Upper Doab Sugar Mills v. Shahdara (Delhi) Saharanpur Light Railway : AIR 1963 SC 217) have to be strictly construed.

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