Pondicherry Cultivating Tenants Protection Act

2010(4) CURRENT TAMILNADU CASES – Page 299

Pondicherry Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1970, Section 8 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Section 9 – Jurisdiction of Civil Court – Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil court – Suit for bare injunction against lessee not to cultivate crops other than Paddy – Maintainability of civil suits – Defendant contended that in view of Section 8 of Act, Civil court has no jurisdiction to entertain any suit in respect of Cultivating tenants – Held, civil court has jurisdiction to entertain suit for bare injunction – Section 8 of the Act does not oust civil court jurisdiction to entertain suit for injunction.