https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193968 Claims falling within the cognizance of a Court of Small Causes and not excepted by statute cannot be tried by an ordinary civil court within the same local limits, because Sections 15 and 16 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act create a statutory bar that prevails over general joinder under Order 2 Rule 3 CPC. The court may examine want of jurisdiction at any stage, and the absence of an earlier objection in the written statement does not cure the defect. The challenged order was therefore set aside, with liberty to the claimant to relinquish the relevant claims in accordance with law. en-us Wed, 07 May 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:26:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193968 Claims falling within the cognizance of a Court of Small Causes and not excepted by statute cannot be tried by an ordinary civil court within the same local limits, because Sections 15 and 16 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act create a statutory bar that prevails over general joinder under Order 2 Rule 3 CPC. The court may examine want of jurisdiction at any stage, and the absence of an earlier objection in the written statement does not cure the defect. The challenged order was therefore set aside, with liberty to the claimant to relinquish the relevant claims in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 May 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193968