Section 15
Transfer of proceedings by Supreme Court.
The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with vessels, their arrest, detention, sale and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Supreme Court may on an application of any
party, transfer, at any stage, any admiralty proceeding from one High Court to any other High Court and
the latter High Court shall proceed to try, hear and determine the matter from the stage at which it stood
at the time of transfer:
Provided that no such proceeding shall be transferred unless parties to the proceeding have been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
Provided that no such proceeding shall be transferred unless parties to the proceeding have been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.