Keyword(s):
Limits of Original Civil Jurisdiction
An Act to declare otld prescribe llte Iir~ritsof llie ordirlary orig-
irlal civil jurisdicriorr of ~lreHigh Court of hrdicarrrre at Fort William
it] Ber~gal.
WHEREAS clausc 11 of lhc Lellers Parenl Tor the High Court of
JudicaLure at Fort William in Bcngal, datcd the 28th Decembcr, 1865,
provides that hesaid High Court shall have and cxercise ordinary
original civil jurisdiction within such local lirnils as may from lime to
time bc dcclared and prescribed by any law madc by competent leg-
islalivc authority for India;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient so lo declarc and prescribe thc
local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the said High
Courl;
It is hereby cnacred as rollows :-
I. This Acr may bc callcd thc Calcuira High Coun (Jurisdicrion- shon .
- Thc ordinary original civil jurisdjction of the High Courl of Limilsof
al Limiis) Act, 1919.
ritlc.
origind civil
jurisdiction.
- or din^
Judicature at Fort Willjam in Bcngal shall be excerciscd wilhin he
limik sct out in lhc schedulc :
Providcd hat norhing in this Act shall affect any suit or orher
lcgal proceeding pending in any Court at rhc dale of Ihc.commcncc-
ment or this Act.
THE SCHEDULE.
(See seclion 2.)
- The limits within which the ordinary original civil jurisdic-
lion of !he High Courl shall be exercised are as follows :-
hbrtl~.-A line commencing on the weslern side of thc river
Hooghly at a point wherc hesmight line joining reference pillar No.
I (in a compound on the river sidc of the Ghusri Corton Mill, Howrah)
and rcfcrcnce pillar No. Il (near thc south-rvcslern end of Chilpur Toll
Bridge) meets [he weslcrn watcr-line of thc river Hooghly, and thence
along the said line ro hepoinr where it mcels the caqrern water-line
of [he river Hooghly near the soulh bank of he opcning 01 Circular
Canal; thcnce along the warer-line of Ihe south bank of Circular Canai
passing under [heChilpur Toll Bridgc, the Chiipur or Baghbaz~Bridge
lo boundary pillar A on rhc eastern side of thc southern pile of
Barrackporc Bridge.
Easr.–A Iinc commencing from lhc said boundary pillar A
following lhc cmtcrn cdge of thc bridge to a point ncar [he south-
castern corncr of the immediate approach to the bridge marked
‘kcls~mnPARR.-For Ihc Stolcmcnl of Objccrs and Rmons. see thc Gazctre
oflndia. PI.V. pagc 74. and ror Proceedings in Council, .tee. ibid, 1919, PI.VI.pagcs 876
and 877 and pagcs 1101 md 1102.640 The Colcuna High Court (~urisdicrionaiLimits)
Act, 1919.
(The Schedule.)
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byreferenccpillarILI,which is onthe boundary;rhence by aslaright Iine
lo boundary pillar B an hesouth-easlern comer of hejunction of
Comwallis Streel and Galif Slreet (now markcd with a Public Works
Department stone); thence alongthe eastern side and the eastern side of
the castern pavemen1 of Cornwallis Sheer in a scrics of regular links
joining marked by posts 1-3 to boundarypillar C a1 the north corner of
rhe junction Sharnbazar Streel with Comwallis Street; thence by a
straight line 10 boundary pillar D on Ulc solid south comer of thc said
junction; hence in approximately straight line along [hc solid easicm
side of Uppcr Circular Road marked by posls 4-9; lhcnce eastward
following the comer round lo boundary pillar E on he north comer of
thejunction of theunnamed road(which runs intoJadu Nath MitraLanc)
with Upper circular Road; and rhence by a straigh~linc to boundary
pillar Fat the solid south comer of thejunction of Jadu Nath Mitra Lanc
with Upper CircularRoad; thence by pus& 10-13to boundary pillar G
on the solid south comer of the junction of Ultadingi Road with Upper
Circular Road;hence along hesolid southside of Ultadingi Road in a
series of continuous and approximately straight lines joining poinls
marked by posr 14-16 lo boundary pillar Hal hcsolid western comer
of Ihc junction of Ulkdingi Road and Gauribere Lane; ihencc by the I
solid western side of Gauribere Lane marked by posts 17-21;thcnce by
a straigh~line crossing the’road diagonally lo boundary pillar Lon he
solid south-castern comer of the junction of Gouribere Lanc and I
UItadingi JuncrionLane;thencealong the solid eastern side of Ultadingi !
Junction Lancmarked by posls 22-24 lo boundary pillar I on the solid
westerncornerofthejunction ofultadingi Junuon Lanewith Halsibagan
Road; thence by a’siraight Iine lo post 25 a1 hesolid western comer of
the said junction; thence dong hesoIid north side of Halsibagan Road
marked by post 26 to boundarypillar K on the nonhside of Halsibagan
Road direcrly opposite hesolid eastern side of Upper Circular Road
soulh of il; thence by a slraight line to post 27 at hesolid souh comer
of hejunction of Halsibagan Road wih Upper Circular Road; lhcnce
by the solid eastern side of Upper CircularRaod rrkkedby posts 28-34
ta post 35; Lhcnce turning easi lo boundary pillar Lon the north side of
Maniktola Road; thence by a straight line to post 36 at the southcomer
ofLhejunclion of ManiktolaRoad wilh Upper CircularRoad a1Ihc nod-
westerncomer of the garden of Kali PdaBarik;hencealonghecastern
sideofthelaneon theeasternsideof theraiscdplatform road and marked
by posls 3749to boundary pillar M at Ihc solid nonh corner of the
junction of Gas Stree~andUpper Circular Road; hence byascraight line.
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