CPC Section 22 — Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court

Civil

Summary

If a lawsuit could be filed in more than one court and has been filed in one of them, any defendant can ask to move the case to another court. The defendant must give notice to the other parties and make this request as early as possible, and in any case before or when the issues in the case are formally set. The court that receives the request will consider any objections from the other parties and then decide which of the eligible courts should handle the case.

Official Text

Where a suit may be instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are settled at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to which such application is made, after considering the objections of the other parties (if any), shall determine in which of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.