Section 9:
Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court at Allahabad.
(1) Except as hereinafter provided
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day,
extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar
Pradesh; and
(b) the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect
of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana immediately before the
appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and
decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be
transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided,
the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall not
have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in
respect of any order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Punjab and
Haryana, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High
Court of Judicature at Allahabad, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings
shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad by virtue of sub-section (2); or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Punjab and Haryana retains
jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, but also
as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, any
such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High
Court of Punjab and Haryana as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Haryana to the State
of Uttar Pradesh shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad.