RAMESAM
Jumna Bai – Appellant
Versus
S. Rm. M. Rm. Ramanathan Chettiar – Respondent
Ramesam, J.
1. This and several petitions of similar nature have come up before me as Vacation Judge. In all these I raised the question of jurisdiction. The matters that have so come up before me and in which I entertain doubts as to jurisdiction may be divided into two groups : (1) Cases in which there is no pending proceeding anywhere in the Presidency. For the first time a plaint which ought to be filed in a moffusil Court - a District Munsifs Court, Subordinate Judges Court, or District Court, or an appeal or a original petition but which could not be filed there as that Court is closed, is sought to be filed here and an order is sought from the High Court in the nature of an injunction restraining the defendant from doing something. The High Court is expected to transmit the plaint and the other papers to the Court where it ought to have been filed on the expiry of its vacation. (2) Cases in which there is a proceeding pending in some of the Lower Courts either a original suit or an appeal pending in an Appellate Court (not the High Court) and a party wishes to obtain an interlocutory order. In either case, pending the main proceeding the party desiring to obtain an inter
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