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Section 3: Constitution of City Court.

The Bombay City Civil Court Act, 1948.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 40 of 1948

The [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish for the Greater Bombay a court, to be called the Bombay City Civil Court. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, such court shall have jurisdiction to receive, try and dispose of all suits and other proceedings of a civil nature [,not exceeding rupees ten crore in value,] [* * *] arising within the Greater Bombay, except suits or proceedings which are cognizable-

(a) by the High Court as a Court of Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty as a Colonial Court of Admiralty, or as a Court having testamentary, intestate or matrimonial Jurisdiction, or

(b) by the High Court for the relief of insolvent debtors, or

(c) by the High Court under any special law other than the Letters Patent, or [(c -1) by the High Court under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936); or(c-2) by the High Court in respect of intellectual property matters; or]

(d) by the Small Cause Court:

[* * * *]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Bombay City Civil Court Act, 1948.
Section3
Marginal noteConstitution of City Court.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. The word "State" was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
  • substituted, Mah. 46 of 2023. There words were substituted for the words ", not exceeding rupees one crore in value" by Mah. 46 of 2023, s. 2(i).
  • omitted, Mah. 15 of 1987. The words "not exceeding fifty thousand rupees in value, and" were deleted by Mah. 15 of 1987, s. 2.
  • inserted, Mah. 25 of 2012. Clauses (c-1) and (c-2) were inserted by Mah. 25 of 2012, s. 3(b).
  • omitted, Mah. 46 of 2023. This proviso was deleted by Mah. 46 of 2023 s. 2(ii).

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