Section 40
Certain suits not to be tried by village courts.
The Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the constitution and functions of Village Authorities in the hill areas of the Union territory of Manipur.
No village court shall proceed with the trial of
any suit in which the matter directly and substantially in dispute is pending for decision in the same
court or in any other court in a previously instituted suit between the same parties or between parties
under whom they or any of them claim, or has been heard and finally decided in a suit between the same
parties, or between parties under whom they or any of them claim.