https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200374 A suit alleging breach of trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 is treated as cognisable only by the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, because the Act repeatedly assigns core trust functions to that forum. Section 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not displace that special jurisdiction where the statute itself identifies the adjudicating court. The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 and the Bombay City Civil Court Act, 1948 create the City Civil Court as an additional civil court for Greater Bombay, not as the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, so it cannot try such a suit unless the statute expressly confers that role. en-us Fri, 13 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:31:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200374 A suit alleging breach of trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 is treated as cognisable only by the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, because the Act repeatedly assigns core trust functions to that forum. Section 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not displace that special jurisdiction where the statute itself identifies the adjudicating court. The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 and the Bombay City Civil Court Act, 1948 create the City Civil Court as an additional civil court for Greater Bombay, not as the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, so it cannot try such a suit unless the statute expressly confers that role. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200374