Section 22
Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one Court.
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the procedure of the Courts of Civil Judicature.
Where a suit may
be instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such Courts, any defendant, after
notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are
settled at or before such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the Court to
which such application is made, after considering the objections of the other parties (if any), shall
determine in which of the several Courts having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.