 bill no vi of 2014 the delhi high court (amendment) bill, 2014 a billfurther to amend the delhi high court act, 1966be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1  (1) this act may be called the delhi high court (amendment) act, 2014short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint26 of 19665amendment of section 52 in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the delhi high court act, 1966, for the words''rupees twenty lakhs'', the words ''rupees two crore'',  shall be substituted3 in the punjab courts act, 1918, as in force in the national capital territory of  delhi, in section 25, for the words ''rupees twenty lakhs'', the words ''rupees two crores'' shall be substitutedamendment of punjab act vi of 1918, as in force in the national capital territory  of delhi4 the chief justice of the high court of delhi may transfer any suit or other proceedings which is or are pending in the high court immediately before the commencement of this act to such subordinate court in the national capital territory of delhi as would have jurisdiction to entertain such suit or proceedings had such suit or proceedings been instituted or filed for the first time after such commencement5power of chief justice to transfer pending suits and proceedings to subordinate courts statement of objects and reasonsunder sub-section (2) of section 5 of the delhi high  court act, 1966, the high court of  delhi has ordinary original civil jurisdiction in respect of suits, the value of which exceeds rupees twenty lakhs the pecuniary jurisdiction of the high court of delhi  and district courts of delhi was last revised in the year 2003 from rupees five lakhs to twenty lakhs by the delhi high court (amendment) act, 20032 at present, cases involving even a small property are required to be filed before delhi high court as the delhi high court has ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the civil suits involving value of rupees twenty lakhs and above this has increased the work load  of the delhi high court and on the other hand, poor people living in delhi have to cover considerable distance to approach delhi-high court to seek justice in their cases3 the coordination committee of bar associations of delhi at various forums has requested for enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts in delhi the government of national capital territory of delhi  has considered the request of the bar associations of delhi and requested the central government for enhancement of precuniary jurisdiction of ordinary original jurisdiction of the high court of delhi from the existing rupees twenty lakhs to rupees two crore4 accordingly, it has been decided to increase pecuniary jurisdiction of the high court of delhi from rupees twenty lakhs to two crore by amending the delhi high court act, 1966 and the punjab courts act,  1918, as in force in the national capital territory of delhi5 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectsnew delhi;kapil  sibalthe  11th february, 2014 annexure extract from the delhi high court act, 1966(26 of 1966)5 (1)jurisdiction of high court of delhi(2) notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the high court of delhi shall also have in respect of the said territories ordinary original civil jurisdiction in every suit the value of which exceeds rupees twenty lakhs———— extract from the punjab courts act, 1918(6 of 1918)25  except as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force, the court of the district judge shall have jurisdiction in every original civil suit the value of which does not exceed rupees twenty lakhsoriginal jurisdiction of district judge in suits rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the delhi high court act, 1966————(shri kapil sibal, minister of law and justice)gmgipmrnd—4351rs(s3)—12022014