The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) addresses cases wrongly instituted in a court lacking sufficient pecuniary jurisdiction through the provisions of Order VII Rule 10, which mandates that the plaint be returned to the plaintiff for presentation before the proper court competent to hear it. Additionally, Section 24 CPC empowers higher courts, such as the District Court or High Court, to transfer the case from one court to another when jurisdictional errors are identified. In practice, if a suit is filed in a court exceeding its pecuniary limits, the court cannot adjudicate the matter but must return or, upon request, transfer the case to the appropriate forum. This ensures that justice is administered by the court legally empowered to handle the suit’s valuation, maintaining procedural integrity and jurisdictional propriety.
