https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463248 A decree passed by a court lacking pecuniary or subject-matter jurisdiction is a nullity, and that defect can be raised at any stage even if no timely objection was taken to the place of suing. On the facts stated, the suit valuation brought the matter within the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Small Cause Court after the change effective from 7.12.2015, so the objection went to the competence of the forum itself and was not cured by waiver. The impugned judgment and order was therefore without jurisdiction, and the matter had to be remitted to the court having pecuniary jurisdiction for fresh in accordance with law. en-us Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:13:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463248 A decree passed by a court lacking pecuniary or subject-matter jurisdiction is a nullity, and that defect can be raised at any stage even if no timely objection was taken to the place of suing. On the facts stated, the suit valuation brought the matter within the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Small Cause Court after the change effective from 7.12.2015, so the objection went to the competence of the forum itself and was not cured by waiver. The impugned judgment and order was therefore without jurisdiction, and the matter had to be remitted to the court having pecuniary jurisdiction for fresh in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463248