Section 6 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Pecuniary jurisdiction. 6. Pecuniary jurisdiction.—Save in so far as is otherwise expressly provided, nothing herein contained shall operate to give any Court jurisdiction over suits the amount or value of the…
Section 5 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Application of the Code to Revenue Courts. 5. Application of the Code to Revenue Courts.—(1) Where any Revenue Courts are governed by the provisions of this Code in those matters of…
Section 4 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Savings. 4. Savings.— (1) In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any special or local law…
Section 3 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Subordination of Courts. 3. Subordination of Courts.— For the purposes of this Code, the District Court is subordinate to the High Court, and every Civil Court of a grade inferior to…
Section 2 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Definitions. 2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “Code” includes rules; (2) “decree” means the formal expression of an adjudication which, so far…
Section 1 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Short title, commencement and extent 1. Short title, commencement and extent.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) It shall come into force on the…
The ‘Code of Civil Procedure’ is a procedure law, i.e., an adjective law. The Code neither creates nor takes away any right. It only helps in proving or implementing the ‘Substantive Law’. It mainly lays down the procedure to be…
United States v. Belmont, 301 U.S. 324; 57 S. Ct. 758; L. Ed. 1134 (1937) Facts—The United States brought suit against Belmont to recover money deposited in a New York bank. The USSR had confiscated this money when it had…
Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 416; 40 S. Ct. 382; 64 L. Ed. 641 (1920) Facts—The United States entered into a treaty with Great Britain to protect migratory birds. In the treaty was a provision that each of the contracting…
Head Money Cases (Edye v. Robertson), 112 U.S. 580; 5 S. Ct. 247; 28 L. Ed. 798 (1884) Facts—In 1882 Congress passed an act providing that a duty of fifty cents should be collected for each and every passenger who…