Section 16:
Saving of original civil jurisdiction of High Court.
Nothing in this Act contained shall affect
the original civil jurisdiction of the High Court:
Provided that—
(1) if any suit or other proceeding is instituted in the High Court which, in the opinion of the
Judge who tries the same (whose opinion shall be final), ought to have been instituted in the City
Court, no costs shall be allowed to a successful plaintiff, and a successful defendant shall be allowed
his costs as between attorney and client;
(2) in any suit or other proceeding pending at any time in the High Court, and Judge of such
Court may at any stage thereof make an order transferring the same to the City Court if in his opinion
such suit or proceeding is within the jurisdiction of that Court and should be tried therein;
(3) in any suit or other proceeding so transferred, the Court-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), shall
apply, credit being given for any fees levied in the High Court.