(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the common High Court shall, as from the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, have no jurisdiction in respect of the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the common High Court immediately before the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 as are certified, whether before or after that day, by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the case may be, shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the case may be.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1)@ i@ and (2) or in section 28A, but save as hereinafter provided, the common High Court shall have, and the High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura shall not have, jurisdication to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the common High Court before the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012:
Provided that if after any such proceedings have been entertained by the common High Court, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, he shall order that they shall be so transferred, and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the common High Court--
(a) before the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Meghalaya, or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura by virtue of sub-section (2); or
(b) in any proceeding with respect to which the common High Court retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect, not only as an order of the common High Court but also as an order made by the High Court of Meghalaya, or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the case may be.