{ "id": 14389, "slug": "andhra-pradesh-civil-courts-act-1972", "title": "Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972", "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972", "act_number": "(Act No. 19 of 1972)", "act_year": 1972, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Andhra Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of objects and Reason - (Act No. 28 of 2000).\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - (Act No. 26 of 2018).\nSI.No.\nSI.No.\nName of the Court 1\nName of the Court 1\nPecuniary Jurisdiction\nPecuniary Jurisdiction\n1.\nJunior Civil Judge's\nCourts Upto Rs.20 lakhs\n2.\nSenior Civil Judge’s\nCourts Above Rs.20 lakhs upto Rs.50 lakhs\n3.\nDistrict Courts\nAbove Rs.50 lakhs with unlimited jurisdiction", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Court\" means a civil court established or deemed to be established under this Act;\n(b) \"Government\" means the State Government;\n(c) \"High Court\" means the High Court of Andhra Pradesh;\n(d) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; and the word \"notified\" shall be construed accordingly.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Establishment of a City Civil Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Appointment of judges to the City Civil Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Jurisdiction of the Judges of the City Civil Courts in original suits and proceedings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Distribution of work in the City Civil Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "7.\n8.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Forum for appeals.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) of the Chief Judge or the Additional Chief Judge of the City Civil Court, to the High Court;\n(ii) of the Senior Civil Judge of the City Civil Court, (a) to the Court of the Chief Judge, when the amount or value of the subject matter of suit or proceeding is not more than rupees three lakh (b) to the High Court in other cases; and\n(iii) of the Junior Civil Judge of the City Civil Court to the Court of the Chief Judge", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Establishment of District Courts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Appointment of Additional District Judges.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Establishment of Courts of Senior Civil Judges and Junior Civil Judges.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Appointment of Principal and Additional Senior Civil Judges and Junior Civil Judges.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Existing District Courts, Subordinate Judges, Courts and District Munsifs' Courts deemed to be established under this Act.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Local limits of Jurisdiction of District Courts, Courts of Senior Civil Judge and Junior Civil Judge.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Jurisdiction of District Judge, Senior Civil Judge and Junior Civil Judge in original suits and other proceedings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Appeals from the decrees and orders of Courts in the Districts.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) of the District Court, to the High Court;\n(ii) of the Court of Senior Civil Judge,-\n(a) to the District Court, when the amount or value of the subject matter of the suit or proceeding is [not more than rupees fifty lakhs,]\n(b) to the High Court ; in other cases ; and\n(iii) of the Court of Junior Civil Judge, to the District Court.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Establishment of a Court of Senior Civil Judge for two or more districts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "19", "title": "19. Exercise by Senior Civil Judge of Jurisdiction of District Judge in certian proceedings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Definition.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "21", "title": "21. Places for the sitting of the Courts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "21A", "title": "21A. Special Provision regarding Jurisdiction of certain courts and validation of certain Acts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "22", "title": "22. Sittings of Courts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "23", "title": "23. General Control of a District Judge over all courts in a district.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "24", "title": "24. Investiture of District Judge, Senior Civil Judge or Junior Civil Judge with small causes jurisdiction.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) any District Judge or Senior Civil Judge , with the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of Small Causes for the trials of suits cognizable by such Courts upto the amount of ten thousand rupees.\n(ii) any Junior Civil Judge , with like jurisdiction upto the amount of four thousand rupees.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 }, { "number": "25", "title": "25. Seal of Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 23 }, { "number": "26", "title": "26. Law to be administered by courts in deciding questions regarding succession, inheritance, marriage etc.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) (a) the Muslim law in cases where parties are Muslims and Hindu law in cases where the parties are Hindus, or\n(b) any custom, if such there be, having the force of law and governing the parties or property concerned, shall form the rule of decision, unless such law or custom has been altered or abolished by legislative enactment, and\n(ii) in a case where no specific rule exists the court shall act according to justice, equity and good conscience.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 24 }, { "number": "27", "title": "27. Judicial officers not to try suits in which they are interested nor to try appeals from decrees or orders passed by them in other capacities.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 25 }, { "number": "28", "title": "28. Temporary discharge of duties of the District Judge or Chief Judge, City Civil Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 26 }, { "number": "29", "title": "29. Power to require witness or party to a suit to make oath or affirmation.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 27 }, { "number": "30", "title": "30. Duties of ministerial officers of Courts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 28 }, { "number": "31", "title": "31. Vacation.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 29 }, { "number": "32", "title": "32. Appointment of vacation Civil Judge.", "chapter": null, "content": "(b) The jurisdiction of the Vacation Civil Judge shall extend to all suits, appeals and other proceedings pending in, or cognizable by, any court (whether a District Court, a Court of Senior Civil Judge or a Court of Junior Civil Judge) in the district concerned when such court is adjourned for summer vacation.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 30 }, { "number": "33", "title": "33. High Court to receive suits and appeals when no Vacation Civil Judge is appointed.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 31 }, { "number": "34", "title": "34. Repeals and savings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 32 }, { "number": "35", "title": "35. Validation of proceedings taken before the commencement of this Act.", "chapter": null, "content": "Rules made by the High Court under the Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972\nRules made by the High Court under the Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972\nRule 1\nRule 2\nRule 3\nRule 4\nRule 5\nRule 6\n(b) The Chief Judge, City Civil Court, the Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, Additional Chief Judges in the City, the District Judges and Additional District Judges may be permitted by the High Court to avail two weeks permission to be away from the Head Quarters during Summer Vacation, by turns.\n(c) The Additional Judges, Assistant Judges in City Civil Courts, Additional Judges and Rent Controllers in City Small Causes Courts, Subordinate Judges and District Munsifs in the districts may be permitted by their respective unit heads to avail two weeks permission to be away from the Head Quarters during Summer Vacation, by turns.\n(d) The Metropolitan Sessions Judges, Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judges, Chief Metropolitan Magistrates in the Metropolitan areas and Sessions Judges, Additional Sessions Judges, Chief Judicial Magistrates and Special Judges doing criminal work may be permitted by the High Court to avail two weeks permission to be away the Head Quarter during Summer Vacation, by turns.\n(e) The Assistant Metropolitan Sessions Judges, Metropolitan Magistrates in Metropolitan areas, Assistant Sessions Judges, and Judicial Magistrates of First Class in the districts may be permitted by their respective unit heads to avail two weeks permission to be away from the Head Quarters during Summer Vacation by turns.\n(f) The Ministerial Officers and employees in the Judicial Department may be permitted by the their respective office heads to avail one week permission during Summer Vacation by fixing turns without causing inconvenience to the office administration.\nRule 7\nRule 8\nRule 9\n(i) for furnishing the copyists and process departments with necessary records and original orders;\n(ii) for transmitting to the High Court records in appeals etc; and\n(iii) for all administrative correspondence.\nRule 10\nRule 11\n(ii) Matters requiring the order or supervision of the judge shall not be dealt with during the vacation.\n(iii) Repayment of unexpended case under Rule 172, Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders (Volume I) shall be deferred until the reopening of courts.\nNotes : - (1) Judge and other Officers who get regular vacations on full pay shall report to the Accountant-General the date on which they resume duty after such vacation. (G. O. 2004 H. (j) dated 10-8- 1916. H.C. Dis. 1916.)\nNotes :\n(2) All District Judges, Senior Civil Judges and Junior Civil Judges shall report to the High Court the hour and date on which they resume duty on the reopening of their courts after vacation. H.C.D. is 1539 of 1924.) Holidays", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 33 }, { "number": "1", "title": "1. All the Courts under the control of the High Court shall observe Sunday, Second Saturdays in every month as public holidays in addition to the list of general public holidays notified by the High Court every year.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 34 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. The courts shall not be closed on days other than those allowed by the High Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 35 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Employees in the Judicial Department, including the Presiding Officer of Courts, shall not avail Optional Holidays. They may be permitted to avail casual leave not exceeding 15 days in the course of one calendar year.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 36 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. The District Judges may grant, in lieu of a Second Saturday, a local holiday on account of a festival or of a visible eclipse of the Moon or the Sun so far as their own courts or the subordinate courts in their district provided a month's notice is given of the grant of the holiday.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 37 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. The Presiding Officers of the courts may suspend the court work for not more than half-an-hour or to stand in silence for two minutes after a suitable reference has been made when a practising local advocate passes away and when a request for suspension of work is made to the Court.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 38 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "Last Updated 19th, March 2020 [ap057]", "Act Number": "(Act No. 19 of 1972)", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1972", "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Andhra Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }