8. Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court of Punjab and
Haryana.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided—
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from the appointed day,
extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of
Haryana; and
(b) the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in
respect of the said territories.
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(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the
appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and
decided by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be
transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided,
the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall not
have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in
respect of any order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High
Court of Punjab and Haryana, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall
thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad—
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Punjab and
Haryana by virtue of sub-section (2), or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains
jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but
also as an order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, any such
person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of
Punjab and Haryana having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State
of Haryana, shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and
Haryana.
9. Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court at
Allahabad.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided—
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day,
extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar
Pradesh; and
(b) the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect
of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana immediately before the
appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and
decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be
transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided,
the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall not
have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in
respect of any order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Punjab and
Haryana, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High
Court of Judicature at Allahabad, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings
shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
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(4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana—
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad by virtue of sub-section (2); or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Punjab and Haryana retains
jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, but also
as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, any
such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High
Court of Punjab and Haryana as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Haryana to the State
of Uttar Pradesh shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad.
10. Right to appear in any proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9.—Any person
who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab
and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and was authorised to appear in any
proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9 shall have the right to appear in the High Court to
which the proceedings have been transferred in relation to those proceedings.
11. Interpretation.—For the purposes of sections 8 and 9,—
(a) proceedings shall be deemed to be pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad until that Court has disposed of all issues between the parties,
including any issue with respect to the taxation of the costs of the proceedings and shall include
appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review, petitions for
revision and petitions for writs;
(b) references to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad shall be construed as including references to a Judge or division court thereof, and
references to an order made by a court or a Judge shall be construed as including references to a
sentence, judgment or decree passed or made by that court or Judge.