Section 31:
Transfer of pending cases.
(1) Every suit or other proceeding pending before any court
immediately before the date of establishment of a Tribunal under this Act, being a suit or proceeding the
cause of action whereon it is based is such that it would have been, if it had arisen after such
establishment, within the jurisdiction of such Tribunal, shall stand transferred on that date to such
Tribunal:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any appeal pending as aforesaid before any
court:
1[Provided further that any recovery proceedings in relation to the recovery of debts due to any
multi-State co-operative bank pending before the date of commencement of the Enforcement of Security
Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 (1 of 2013) under the Multi-State
Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002), shall be continued and nothing contained in this section
shall apply to such proceedings.]
(2) Where any suit or other proceeding stands transferred from any court to a Tribunal under
sub-section (1),--
(a) the court shall, as soon as may be after such transfer, forward the records of such suit or other
proceeding to the Tribunal; and
(b) the Tribunal may, on receipt of such records, proceed to deal with such suit or other
proceeding, so far as may be, in the same manner as in the case of an application made under
section 19 from the stage which was reached before such transfer or from any earlier stage 2*** as the
Tribunal may deed fit.
Notes:
1 Ins. by Act 1 of 2013, s. 16 (w.e.f. 15-1-2013).
2. The words "de novo" omitted by Act 1 of 2000, s. 13 (w.e.f. 17-1-2000).