Civil Minor Acts – Trial Court Reference Table

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📘 Civil Minor Acts – Trial Court Reference Table

No. Act Key Sections Core Ingredients / Scope Nature Landmark Judgment Trial Utility
1 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Order VII Rule 11, Order XXXIX, Section 9 Jurisdiction of civil courts; rejection of plaint; temporary injunction principles Civil Procedure T. Arivandandam v. T.V. Satyapal Rejection of plaint; grant/refusal of interim injunction
2 Limitation Act, 1963 Sections 3, 5; Article 54 Limitation mandatory; delay condonation on sufficient cause; limitation for specific performance Civil P.K. Ramachandran v. State of Kerala Applications for condonation of delay
3 Specific Relief Act, 1963 Sections 10, 16, 34 Enforceability of specific performance; readiness & willingness; declaratory relief Civil K.S. Vidyanadam v. Vairavan Specific performance & declaration suits
4 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Sections 54, 106 Sale definition; notice for termination of tenancy Civil Suraj Lamp & Industries v. State of Haryana Property disputes; landlord-tenant matters
5 Indian Contract Act, 1872 Sections 10, 73 Essentials of valid contract; compensation for breach Civil Hadley v. Baxendale Money recovery & damages suits
6 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Sections 101, 114, 65B Burden of proof; presumptions; admissibility of electronic evidence Civil / Trial Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer Proof of documents & electronic records
7 Registration Act, 1908 Sections 17, 49 Compulsory registration; effect of non-registration Civil Satish Kumar v. Karan Singh Objection to admissibility of unregistered documents
8 Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 35 Inadmissibility of unstamped/insufficiently stamped documents Civil / Revenue SMS Tea Estates v. Chandmari Tea Co. Objection at exhibit stage
9 Partition Act, 1893 Section 2 Sale of indivisible property in partition Civil Ramakrishna Pillai v. Velayudhan Pillai Final decree proceedings
10 Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 Sections 7, 17 Welfare of minor is paramount consideration Civil Gaurav Nagpal v. Sumedha Nagpal Child custody & guardianship petitions

📘 PROPERTY & TENANCY (GUJARAT PRACTICE)

No Act Key Sections Core Scope Landmark
11 Gujarat Rent Control Act, 1999 Sec.12, 13 Eviction grounds Hiralal Vallabhram v. Sheth Kasturbhai Lalbhai
12 Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 Sec.84C Agricultural land transfer restriction Dahyabhai Ranchhodbhai v. State of Gujarat
13 Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879 Sec.135D Mutation entries Patel Raghav Natha v. State of Gujarat

📘 FAMILY & MAINTENANCE

No Act Key Sections Core Ingredients Landmark
14 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Sec.13 Grounds of divorce Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli
15 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Sec.6 Daughter coparcener rights Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma
16 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 Sec.12, 18, 20 Domestic relationship + violence Hiral P. Harsora v. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora
17 Family Courts Act, 1984 Sec.7 Exclusive jurisdiction K.A. Abdul Jaleel v. T.A. Shahida

📘 COMMERCIAL / SUMMARY CIVIL

No Act Key Sections Scope Landmark
18 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Sec.138 Cheque dishonour Rangappa v. Sri Mohan
19 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Sec.34 Setting aside award Associate Builders v. DDA
20 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 Sec.12A Pre-institution mediation Patil Automation v. Rakheja Engineers

📘 MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL PRACTICE

No Act Scope Landmark
21 Right to Information Act, 2005 Access to records CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay
22 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 Consumer disputes National Seeds Corporation v. M. Madhusudhan Reddy
23 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 Govt property eviction Ashoka Marketing v. Punjab National Bank
24 Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 Disputes in society Amreli District Coop Bank v. State of Gujarat

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