Letters Patent transfer orders are not appealable judgments when they only change forum and do not finally determine rights.

An order under clause 13 of the Letters Patent transferring a suit from a subordinate court to the High Court does not amount to a "judgment" under clause 15. The controlling test is whether the order conclusively determines a right or liability and finally disposes of the proceeding so far as the court is concerned. A transfer order does neither: it does not decide the merits, does not terminate the suit, and only changes the forum in which the same proceeding continues. On that reasoning, no appeal lies from such an order under clause 15.

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Issues: Whether an order made under clause 13 of the Letters Patent transferring a suit from a subordinate court to the High Court is a "judgment" appealable under clause 15 of the Letters Patent.

Analysis: The controlling test for a "judgment" under the Letters Patent is whether the order determines some right or liability and has the effect of finally disposing of the proceeding so far as the court making it is concerned. An order transferring a suit under clause 13 does not determine the merits of the controversy, does not terminate the suit, and merely changes the forum in which the same suit will continue. It is therefore different in character from an order that finally puts an end to the suit or conclusively decides a vital right.

Conclusion: An order under clause 13 of the Letters Patent transferring a suit is not a "judgment" within clause 15 and no appeal lies from it.

Ratio Decidendi: For an order to be appealable as a "judgment" under the Letters Patent, it must conclusively affect a right or liability by finally disposing of the proceeding, and a mere transfer order that keeps the suit alive does not satisfy that test.

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