Hello,
I am writing with reference to a partition suit filed over 5 years ago in the Chennai High Court for a share of at least 30 lakhs on the house of the deceased.
After exchanging some plaints and responses with the defendants, and languishing in the queue for much of the time, I have now been told (by the advocate) that the case is being transferred to a "Civil Court" because the claimed amount (of 30 lakhs) is too small for consideration by the High Court!!
What is going on? Is there any legislation or law passed very recently which dictates that the amount of the claim in a partition suit has to be a certain minimum in order to be considered by the High Court??
If anything, since the original plaint was lodged, the market value of the disputed property has nearlydoubled, thus only increasing the amount of the claim.
I will appreciate a clarficiation in this regard!
