Save as otherwise expressly provide by these rules, a single Judge may dispose of the following maters:- I .civil.-
(a) Appeals.- (i) From original decree in suits or from adjudication in other proceeding from which appeals lie to the High Court as from original decrees, whether under the Civil Procedure Code or under any local or special Act, wherein the value of the subject-matter in dispute in the Court or before the -2- Tribunal of the first instance does not exceed 50 lakh rupees and wherein the value of the subject matter still in dispute on appeal s 50 lakh rupees or less:
Provided however, that the expression „the value of the subject- matter still in dispute on appeal‟ appearing in this sub- clause shall be constructed to mean, where here is an appeal as well as a cross appeal or cross-appeals or cross- objections, he total of the values of the subject- matters in dispute in the appeal as well as he cross- appeal or the cross appeals or the cross- objections;
(ii) From appellate decrees in suits or from adjudications in other proceedings from which appeals lie to the High Court as from appellate decrees, whether under the civil Procedure Code or under any local or special Act;
(iii) From decrees under section 104 of the Code of Civil Procedure;
(iv) From orders under section 104 or order XLIII, Rule 1of the Code of Civil Procedure;
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(v) From orders under local or special Acts not having the force of a decree.
(b) Applications or the exercise courts revisional jurisdiction under section 115 of the civil procedure order or under section 25 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, or under any special or Local Law excluding the petitions under section 51 of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936,arising out of decrees or orders passed by the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court.
(c) Applications he withdrawal appellation of the Vaklatnama or for deposit or withdrawal of moneys and for refund of Court Fees.
(d) Applications under the Companies Act, 1956& proceedings thereunder.
(e) All other applications incidental to or interlocutory or arising out of or relating the appeals Civil revisioal applications pending to b filed in the High Court and also applications for withdrawals of appeals or application for consent decrees or orders under Order XXIII, Civil Procedure Code.
(f) Revision of orders passed by the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar or the or the Special Officer in those appeals or petitions which are to be dealt with by a Single Judge under these Rules II. Criminal.-
(a) Appeals against convictions, except in which the sentence of death or imprisonment for life has been passed appeals against acquittals wherein the offence with which the accused was charged is one punishable on conviction with a sentence of fine only or with a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or with such imprisonment and fine, and appeals under section 377 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, revision applications and Court notices for enhancement of sentence for offenses punishable on conviction with sentence of fine only or with sentence of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or with such imprisonment and fine.
(b) Appeals against orders relating to disposal of property and orders directing payment of compensation, expenses and/or fees or orders binding over the accused to appear and receive sentence at any time the accused may be called upon and in the meanwhile to be of good behavior or admonishing the accused.
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(c) Applications for the exercise of the Court‟s revisional jurisdiction under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and reports of cases of which record is called for on examination of criminal returns or otherwise.
(d) Applications for leave to appeal under section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against acquittals wherein the offense with which the accused was charged is one punishable on conviction with a sentence of fine only or with a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or with such imprisonment and fine.
(e) Application for bail or stay, not arising in or out of or relating to any appeal or application already pending in the High Court.
(f) Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court under Article 134 of the Constitution of India in matters disposed of by a Single Judge.
(g) All miscellaneous applications, including applications for bail or stay in or out of or relating to matters under items (a) to (c) above.
(h) All applications under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure including applications challenging an order for issuing process in a private complaint, except—
(i) applications seeking review, modification or setting aside of any order passed by a Division Bench.
(ii) applications for quashing an F.I.R., C.R., Charge Sheet or order directing investigation under section 156(3) of the Cr. P. C. irrespective of whether such applications have been filed under section 482 simpliciter or read with Article 226 and/or Article 227 of the Constitution.
(i) Applications/petitions for furlough or parole under Goa Prison Rules, 2006 or for temporary bail in the matter pending before Division Bench or a Single Judge shall be placed, before the respective fora. Applications/Petitions of aforesaid nature arising out of matters already disposed of shall be placed before the Single Judge assigned with criminal matters.
3. All appeals from orders passed under any special stature other than Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides for an appeal to the High Court from an order of penalty or for confiscation or an order in the nature thereof passed under that statute shall be heard by a Division Bench hearing first appeals.
4. All the appeals from Orders or Judgments of the Family Court to the High Court, dealt with under the Family Court Act, 1984 including the orders in proceedings under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be heard by the Division Bench hearing first appeals.