(1) Save as aforesaid, an appeal from decree or order of a 4 [Civil Judge] shall lie-
(a) to the District Judge where the value of the original suit in which the decree or order was made did not exceed 5 [twenty lakh rupees;] and
(b) to the High Court in any other case.
(2) where the function of receiving appeals which lie to the District Judge under sub-section (1) has been assigned to an Additional District Judge, the appeals may be preferred to the Additional District Judge.
1. Substituted for the words "Subordinate Judge" vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2003.
2. Substituted for the words "Subordinate Judge" vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2003.
3. Substituted for the words "Subordinate Judges" vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2003.
4. Substituted for the words "Subordinate Judge" vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2003.
5. In section 21(1)(a) the words "Twenty-five thousand rupees" substituted for "ten thousand rupees" vide H.P. Act No. 10 of 1980, effective from 5 th July, 1980,the words "Twenty-five thousand rupees" substituted by the words "fifty thousand rupees" vide H.P. Act No. 16 of 1984,the words "fifty thousand" substituted by the words "two lakh " vide H.P. Act No. 1 of 1995, the words “five lakh rupees” substituted for “two lakh rupees” H.P. Act No. 4 of 2007, the words “ten lakh” substituted for the words “five lakh ” vide H.P. Act No. 24 of 2009 and again the wods “twenty lakh rupees” substituted for the words “ten lakh rupees” vide H.P.
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(3) The High Court may by notification direct that appeals lying to the District Court from all or any of the decrees or orders passed in an original suit by any 1 [Civil Judge] shall be preferred to such other 2 [Civil Judge] as may be mentioned in the notification and the appeals shall thereupon be preferred accordingly and the Court of such other 3 [Civil Judge] shall be deemed to be a District Court for the purposes of all appeals so preferred.
4 [21-A. Power of the Chief Justice to transfer pending suits, appeals and proceedings to Subordinate Civil Courts.- The Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh may transfer any suit, appeal or proceedings, which is or are pending before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh immediately before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh Courts (Amendment) Act, 1994 to such a Subordinate Civil Court in Himachal Pradesh which would have jurisdiction to entertain such suit, appeal or proceedings, had such suit, appeal or proceedings been instituted or filed for the first time after such commencement.]