The Delhi High Court Bar Association has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Full Court’s decision to form a judges’ committee to examine raising courts’ pecuniary jurisdiction in Delhi from Rs 2 crore to Rs 20 crore.
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has moved the Delhi High Court, seeking to challenge a Full Court decision to set up a committee of judges to assess a proposal to raise the district courts’ pecuniary jurisdiction in the National Capital Territory from Rs.2 crore to Rs.20 crore.
The matter was taken up before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, where DHCBA President N. Hariharan presented the plea.
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The committee was formed following a meeting of the Full Court held on September 2, 2025.
At present, the committee includes Justices V. Kameswar Rao, N.W. Sambre, Dinesh Mehta, Vivek Chaudhary, Prathiba M. Singh, and Navin Chawla.
Earlier, The DHCBA had called for abstention from work to oppose a proposal under consideration to substantially increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts in Delhi.
At present, civil suits valued above Rs 2 crore are ordinarily heard by the Delhi High Court. The proposed revision seeks to raise this threshold to Rs 20 crore, which would result in a large number of commercial and civil disputes being transferred to the district judiciary.
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Pecuniary Jurisdiction in Delhi
Pecuniary jurisdiction determines the monetary threshold for cases that a court is authorized to hear. Presently, Delhi’s District Courts handle civil disputes involving claims up to Rs 2 crore, while anything above this limit falls under the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court.
The statutory foundation for pecuniary jurisdiction in India is outlined in Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), which prohibits courts from handling cases that exceed their monetary limits, and Section 15, which mandates that suits be filed in the lowest-grade court competent to try them.
Currently, the pecuniary limit for district court judges in Delhi is set at Rs 2 crore, a figure that was revised in 2015. Cases exceeding this limit must be referred directly to the Delhi High Court.
The resolution from the DHCBA’s Executive Committee decisively opposes any attempt to raise the pecuniary jurisdiction of District Courts to Rs 20 crore. The committee warns that such a large increase could have serious repercussions for Delhi’s justice delivery system.
The DHCBA’s resolution from January 28, 2026, represents a decisive stance in the ongoing dialogue regarding the pecuniary jurisdiction of courts in Delhi.
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