HC lawyers to abstain from work over plan to ‘favour’ district courts
The Delhi High Court Bar Association has opposed a proposal to raise Delhi district courts’ pecuniary jurisdiction from ₹2 crore to ₹10 crore.
- The Delhi High Court Bar Association asked its members to abstain from work on 14 July to protest a jurisdiction proposal.
- Civil cases valued above ₹2 crore are currently heard by the Delhi High Court.
- The proposal would raise the district-court pecuniary jurisdiction in Delhi to ₹10 crore.
The Delhi High Court Bar Association has asked its members to abstain from work on 14 July to protest a proposal that would raise the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi’s district courts from ₹2 crore to ₹10 crore. The dispute is about which court should hear higher-value civil suits, and it directly affects the distribution of work between the Delhi High Court and subordinate courts.
The proposal has created a split within the legal community. District court lawyers support the higher limit, while the High Court Bar Association opposes it and says the High Court Full Court supported the proposal despite its opposition.
Background and earlier position
UPSC can frame Delhi’s pecuniary-jurisdiction dispute around how changing civil-court thresholds affects access to justice, case distribution, and the workload of the Delhi High Court and district courts.
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