The Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957
State Act of Kerala · Act 1 of 195723 provisions
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 1 of 1957 |
| Year | 1957 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Kerala |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 23 |
Full text, provision by provision
Every provision below opens in full, free and without an account.
- Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 Classes of subordinate civil courts
- Section 3 Establishment of District Court
- Section 4 Appointment of Additional District Judges
- Section 5 Establishment of Subordinate Judge’s Courts and Munsiff ’s Courts
- Section 6 Principal and Additional Subordinate Judge and Munsiff
- Section 7 Court’s location
- Section 9 Local limits of jurisdiction of Subordinate Judge’s Courts
- Section 11 Jurisdiction of District Court and Subordinate Judge’s Court in original suits
- Section 12 Appeals from decrees and orders of District Court or Subordinate Judge’s Court
- Section 13 Appellate jurisdiction of District Court and Subordinate Judge’s Court
- Section 14 Power to require witness or partly to make oath or affirmation
- Section 15 Judges not to try suits in which they are interested; nor to try appeals from decrees passed by them in other capacities
- Section 16 Temporary discharge of duties of District Judge
- Section 17 District Judge to control civil courts of district
- Section 18 Investiture of District or Subordinate Judge or Munsiff with small cause jurisdiction
- Section 19 Adjournment of civil court
- Section 20 Duties of ministerial officers
- Section 20A Maintenance of forms, books and registers by civil courts
- Section 20B Constitution and functions of Committees
- Section 20C Rules to be laid before the Legislative Assembly
- Section 21 Amendment of Acts XI of 1089 and XV of 1950
- Section 22 Repeal and savings
Find the provision, not just read it
The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:
- Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
- Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
- Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
- Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you
Free account. No card. About a minute to create.
Create a free accountNeed this as data, not as a page? The Kerala Civil Courts Act, 1957 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.