 bill no '$ of 1!j68 the delhi high court (amendment) bill, 1968 a bill to amend the delhi high cart act, 1166be it enacted by parliament in the nineteenth year of the republic of india as fo11ow8:-1 (1) this act may be called the delhi high court (amend- short titl~ ment) act, 1968 and commence-s (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central govem- ment ment may, by notification in the oftlcial gazette, appoint 26 of 1966 2 in the delhi high court act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as insertion the principal act), after section 3, the following section shall be in- of new serted, namely: -  i section 3a 10 "3a expenditure in respect of the salaries anti allowances salaries of judges of the high court of delhi shall be expenditure and allowcharged on the consolidated fund of india" ances of judges to be expenditure charged on consolidated l'und of india amendment of section 5 3 in sub-section (2) of section '5 of the principal act, for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the wortls "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted amendment of section 17 4 in sub-section (3) of section 17 of the principal act, in clause 5 (b), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted punjab act vi of 1911 5 (1) in section 25 of the punjab courts act, 1918, as in for-:-e in the union territory of delhi, for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted amendmemof certain laws (2) in the himachal pradesh (courts) order, 1948, in paragraph 1) 20, for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees'" the words "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted 6 the chief justice of the high court of delhi may transfer anl' suit qr other proceedings which is or are pending in the high cowi imiaec:liately before the commencement of this act and in 15 wl1ich no "nun  have been examined~f,ore ~ch co«lrmdc_~t to such subordinate court in the union territory of delhi or, as the case may be, himachal pradesh as:;would have jurisdiction to entertain such suit or proceedings had such suit or proceedings been in- 20 stituted or filed for the first time dter i\jch cq1:djlwlcedlent  ' power of chief justice to transfer pending suits and proceedings to subordinate courts  statement of objacts and reasonsunder se6n 5{1) of ihe  delhi high courtaet iq66,ute high court of delhi has ordinary ~al c1i""il jurisdiction in every suit the value of which exceeds ri 25,000 it has been found that this limit in civil suits is too low for a metropolitan place like delhi and leads to accumulation of arrears in the intereat of speedy tiispolal of work in the high court, it is proposed to raise the limit specified in'aectlon 5(2) "frondts 25,eoo tors 50,000 it is pro~ to make stmiiar  aineftdm~ 'in seetion 1'1(3)' of the aet udder whieh, the' high court of delhi has ~'origtdal jurisdicticm in respe<:tof the union territory at hbnaehaj·pradeh; , , 2 opportunity is being taken to include a provision in the act that the salaries anti allowances of the judges of the high court of delhi shall be expenditure charged on the consolidated fund of india on the lines of the corresponding provision relating to the judges of the state high courts ul 8rti~le 202(3) (d) of tl1e con5titution clause (3) of article 112 of the conatuution does not expres ly provide for the salaries and allowances of judges of the high court for a union territory being charged on the consolidated fund of india and it "is therefore necessary to make such a pro'vision undt>r sub-clause (g) of that clause which empowers parliament to declare any expenditure to be so chai-ged 3 the bill ij intended tq give eftect to the above objects new delhi;, vidya charan shukla the 17th october, 1968  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 16129/67-judl iiiii, dated the 4th november 1981 from shri vidya ~an shukla kinister of state in the ministry of hojile afra11's to the secretary lok sadha} the president having been informed of the subject matter of the delhi high court (amendment) bill, 1988, recommends t~ introduction of the bill in the lok sabha under article 117(1) of the constitution of india  ,'annexure extracts from the delhi high covrt act, 1966 (26 of 1986)'" '" - - - 5 (1) - - - - - jurisdiction of high court (2) notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time of delhi being in f~cet 'the high court of delhi _hall also have id respect of the said territories ordinary original civil jurisdi~d in every suit the value of which exceeds twenty-five thousand rupees 17 (1) - - - extension of the jurladic-- - - - - - - - - - - - ~:h ~o:~ (3) 'the high court 0'£ delhishall have, in respect of the temtoof delhi ries, for the time being included in the union territory of himachal' pradesh,-- - - - - (b) ortiinary original civil jurisdiction in every suit the value o£ which exceeds twenty-five thousand rupees, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time' being in force - - - - -  ex'ri!act from the punjab courts act, 1918- (vi of 1918) - - '" - original 25 except as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time jurlsdi~tioi being in force, the court of the district judge shall have jurisdicof distr~ct tion in evf!!rj original civil suit the value of which does not exceed judges in ' suits twenty-five thouaand rupees - - - iii - - - - -  chapi'er iiisubordinate courts - - - - -20 save as otherwise provided by any other law for the time being ?riginal in force, the court of the district judge shall have original jurisdic- j~rgidj:lon tion in every civil suit the value of which does not exceed twenty-~ou;'<i five thousand rupees ) :  a bill to amend the delhi high court act, 1966(shri vidya chm-an shukla, minuter of r state in the ministry of home affairs) 