Code of Civil Procedure 1908
[1908:
ACT V]
Civil Procedure
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PART I
SUITS IN GENERAL
JURISDICTION OF THL3 COURTS AND Res Judicata
9. The Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein cone tamed) have jurisdiction to try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is either expressly or impliedly barred.
Explanation.- A suit is which the right to property or to an office is contested is a suit of a civil nature, notwithstanding that such right ma depend entirely on the decision of questions as to religious rites or ceremonies.