Section 20:
Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases.
(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the
Supreme Court that there is a default in any deposit scheme or deposit schemes of the nature referred
to in section 30, the Supreme Court may, by an order, direct that any particular case be transferred
from one Designated Court to another Designated Court.
(2) The Supreme Court may act under this section only on an application filed by the Competent
Authority or any interested party, and every such application shall be supported by an affidavit.
(3) Where an application for the exercise of the powers conferred by this section is dismissed, the
Supreme Court may, if it is of opinion that the application was frivolous or vexatious, order the
applicant to pay by way of compensation to any person who has opposed the application such sum not
exceeding fifty thousand rupees as it may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
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