Jurisdiction - Both District Courts and Subordinate Courts have concurrent jurisdiction without reference to any pecuniary limits -

2010 (1) CTC 602 (SC)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

R.V. Raveendran and K.S. Radhakrishnan, JJ.

C.A. No.852 of 2010. (Arising out of SLP (C) No.22962 of 2008).

January 22, 2010.

Sri Jeyaram Educational Trust and Others.    ...Appellant

...Vs...

A.G. Syed Mohideen and Others

...Respondent

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), Sections 2(4), 15 to 19 & 92- Tamil Nadu Civil Courts Act, 1873 (as amended in 2004), Section 12 - Interpretation of Statutes - Duty of Court in interpreting statute Suit under Section 92 can be instituted in Principle Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction or any other Court empowered in that behalf by other State Government - State Government empowering Subordinate Courts to try such Suit - Expression 'or' occurring in Section 92 is not to be read as substitutive word but as alternative - Language of Section 92 is plain and simple - Court as interpreter cannot alter or amend law but only interpret provision to make it meaningful and workable so as to achieve legislative object when there is ambiguity or absurdity or vagueness - Purpose of interpretation is to discern intention of legislature - Both District Courts and Subordinate Courts have concurrent jurisdiction without reference to any pecuniary limits - Law laid down in P.S. Subramanian v. K.L. Lakshmanan, 2007 (4) CTC 583 is not good law - Law laid down in Subramanian's case and in Sri Jeyaram Educational Trust case, 2008 (4) CTC 86 overruled.