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Issues: Whether, for the purpose of Section 41(b) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, the Small Causes Court constituted under the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act is subordinate to the Bombay High Court on its Original Side, so that an injunction may be granted restraining a party from prosecuting proceedings there.
Analysis: Article 225 of the Constitution of India preserves the jurisdiction and powers of existing High Courts subject to constitutional and legislative modification. The Letters Patent confer ordinary original, extraordinary original, and appellate jurisdiction on the High Court, and Clause 36 treats judicial functions of the Court as exercisable by a single Judge. Section 6 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 declares the Small Causes Court to be subject to the superintendence of the High Court. Section 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 also places every Court of Small Causes below the High Court and District Court. Section 41(b) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 bars injunctions only against proceedings in a court not subordinate to the court from which relief is sought. On this framework, the Small Causes Court is subordinate to the High Court even when the High Court acts on its Original Side, and the restriction in Section 41(b) does not prevent injunction relief against a party prosecuting proceedings in that court.
Conclusion: Yes. The Small Causes Court constituted under the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act is subordinate to the Bombay High Court on its Original Side for the purpose of Section 41(b) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and an injunction may be granted restraining a party from prosecuting proceedings there.
Ratio Decidendi: The bar in Section 41(b) applies only where the target court is not subordinate to the court granting relief, and the Small Causes Court is subordinate to the Bombay High Court on its Original Side by virtue of the constitutional, Letters Patent, and statutory scheme.
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