New Delhi [India], The Government of Delhi has informed the Delhi High Court that it has approved the proposal to carry forward the resolution dated 9 February 2022 of the Full Court of the Delhi High Court regarding enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges of Delhi. Has given. Principal Secretary (Law) Bharat Parashar filed the Delhi government's response to a PIL filed by lawyer and activist Amit Sahan to enhance the pecuniary and pecuniary appellate jurisdiction of civil judges of Delhi courts. It was proposed to increase. The appellate jurisdiction of the District Judges of Delhi has been approved by the Law Minister and Chief Minister of Delhi and has also been approved by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on January 2, 2024. Twenty lakhs by amending section 39(1)(a) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918 by Parliament. Civil Judges of Delhi Courts in Delhi decide cases with jurisdiction only up to Rs. 1 lakh, while in the neighborhoods of Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.Enjoy unlimited pecuniary jurisdiction The issue was raised by Advocate Amit Sahni, a lawyer and activist, who asked the Delhi High Court for rational distribution of enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of the civil judges posted in the District Court in Delhi for adjudicating original suits. A writ petition was filed before the. The present maximum pecuniary jurisdiction amount i.e. Rs 3 lakh was disposed of by a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on December 1, 2021, saying "Rs 3 lakh is a very nominal amount, we take into consideration the do." This is from the administrative side. Advocate Amit Sahni submitted that the pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges posted in various courts of Delhi has changed from time to time ranging from Rs 25,000, Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh in 2003. In this background, the petition argues that there has been no change in the pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges posted in various courts of Delhi since 2003, whereas the pecuniary jurisdiction of District Judges and Additional District Judges has increased by almost 10 times i.e. Rs 20 lakh. (in 2003) to Rs. 2 crore (in 2015). It is pertinent to note that the District Courts in the Delhi neighborhoods of Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad enjoy unlimited pecuniary jurisdiction, making the District Courts in Delhi at par with the District Courts in the adjoining areas of Delhi as far as pecuniary jurisdiction is concerned. The petitioner further said that the economic value of Rs 3 lakh assigned to the Civil Judges is extremely low and since there is no property worth "Rs 3 lakh" in Delhi, the value of the amount assigned to the Civil Judges is very low. A serious impasse has arisen in the matter.Deciding injunction suits and small suits only for recovery of up to Rs 1 lakh, Sahni said that if the pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges increases to Rs 20 to Rs 30 lakh, it will increase the burden on the district as well as additional district judges. Will be reduced. Some such cases will be heard by Civil Judges, now finally Delhi Government and Honorable LG have proposed to increase the jurisdiction of Civil Judges of Delhi from Rs. 3 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh and Economic Appellate Jurisdiction of Delhi Judges to Rs. 20 lakh. Has been approved. Lakh "I hope that the increase in pecuniary jurisdiction will increase some professional satisfaction among the civil judges of Delhi, as well as resolve the cases pending before the District Judges/Advt. District Judges of Delhi, Amit Sahni said, "This will increase the Delhi High The burden of appeals before the court will further reduce. Appeals up to Rs 20 lakh will be decided by Additional District Magistrates, District Judges of Delhi."