‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎262r] (71/192)

1919-1920.]
CIVIL JUSTICE.
47 Chapter III.
PROTECTION.
7.—Civil Justice. —
For details see the Report on the Administration of Civil Justice in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay for the year
1919 and tables under Civil Justice printed in Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
Original Jurisdiction.
High Court.
1. Including suits pending at the end of 1918 and those received by Suits instituted and
transfer, the total number of suits for disposal was 5,640, of which 2,973 were disposed of ‘
decided during the year, leaving 2,667 undisposed of. Of the 36 suits instituted
under the Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction, 22 were decided and 14
remained pending at the close of the year. Of the 7 suits under Admiralty
Jurisdiction, 5 were dismissed and 2 remained pending. Under the Parsi Chief
Matrimonial Jurisdiction, there were 18 suits, of which 6 were decided and 12
remained pending. The number of Prize cases was 3, of which 2 were disposed
of. Insolvency cases numbered 1,875, of which 536 were decided.
2. Of the total number of 94 appeals, 61 were decided and 33 remained Appeals and refer-
pending at the close of the year. The one reference received from the Bombay ence ’'
Court of Small Causes was decided during the year. Including 12 appeals
pending from the previous year, there were 20 appeals to the Privy Council for
disposal, of which 3 were decided by the Privy Council, 1 was allowed to be
withdrawn by the High Court, 7 were pending before the Privy Council and 9
were pending in the High Court.
3. During the year 873 petitions for probate and letters of administration, Probates, Letters of
26 pauper petitions for leave to sue or defend in u forma 'paujperis” 23 petitions Admimstratlon ’ etc ‘
under the Indian Companies Act, 21 petitions under the Indian Trusts Act, 14
references under the Land Acquisition Act, and 322 under the Guardians and
Wards, Lunacy, and Arbitration Acts, etc., making in all 1,279, were filed for
disposal.
4. The number of applications pending at the commencement of the year Execution of decrees,
was 342 and the number of applications filed during the year was 1,098, etc -
making a total of 1,440 for disposal. Of these, 149 were disposed of by transfer
to other courts; in 64 satisfaction was obtained in full, in 8 satisfaction was
obtained in part, and 837 were wholly infructuous, making a total of 1,058, and
382 remained pending at the close of the year 1919.
5. Receipts amounted to Rs. 18,40,957 and expenditure to Rs. 4,42,199. J i ®°!e Pts and expen '
Appellate Jurisdiction.
I .—High Court.
Under section 15 of the Letters Patent, 66 appeals from decisions on the
Original Side were filed during the year and 28 were pending at its commence
ment. Of the total, 61 were decided and 33 remained pending at the close of
the year. ' The number of appeals disposed of was 49 more than in 1918. On
the Appellate Side 96 such appeals were filed during the year, and 43 were
pending at its commencement. Of these, 85 were decided and 54 remained
pending at the close of fche year, the disposal being more by 50 than in 1918.
2 .— Appeals from the Subordinate Civil Courts.
The number of appeals pending at the end of the year 1918 was 1,948 and Number of a PP eals *
1,279 were preferred during the year. Of these, 1,862 were decided, leaving
1)365 pending at the close of the year. At the beginning of the year, 5 appeals
to the Privy Council were under preparation for despatch to England and 11
were pending for orders and 15 new appeals were filed during the year. Of the
otal for disposal, 8 were rejected or withdrawn, 1 was despatched to England,
^ud 22 appeals were pending at the close of the year, viz., 4 of 1913, 4 of 1914,
d of ^Id, 8 of 1916, 2 of 1917 and 1 of 1919. Of the pending appeals, 8 were
under preparation for despatch to England at the close of the year.
5.— Appellate Courts subordinate to the High Court.
During the year 4,237 appeals wwe instituted, _ showing a decrease of
• The number of appeals instituted was larger than in the previous year in 9