Section 3. Classes of Courts - There shall be the following classes of

CHAPTER II - Constitution of Civil Courts 3. Classes of Courts - There shall be the following classes of Civil Courts under this Act, namely[1] : - (1) the Court of the Principal District Judge; - (2) the Court of the District judge; - (3) the Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) - (4) the Court of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) . 1. Subs. by Jharkhand Act 05 of 2010 CHAPTER IV Special jurisdiction - Power to transfer to Civil Judge (Senior Division), appeals from Civil Judge (Junior Division)s. 22. - (1) A Principal District Judge may transfer to any Civil Judge (Senior Division) Under his administrative control any appeals pending before him from the decrees or orders of Civil Judge (Junior Division)s. - (2) The Principal district Judge may withdraw any appeal so transferred and either hear and dispose of it himself or transfer it to a Court under his administrative control competent to dispose of it. - (3) Appeals transferred under this section shall be disposed of subject to the rules applicable to like appeals when disposed of by the Principal District Judge. 3. Exercise by Civil Judge (Senior Division) or Civil Judge (Junior Division) of jurisdiction of District Court in certain proceedings. - (1) The High Court may, by general or special order, authorize any Civil Judge (Senior Division) or Civil Judge (Junior Division) to take Cognizance of, or any Principal District judge to transfer to a Civil Judge (Senior Division) or Civil Judge (Junior Division) under his administrative control, any of the proceedings next hereinafter mentioned or any class of those proceedings specified in the order. - (2) The Proceedings referred to in sub-Section (1) are the following, namely: - (a) Proceedings under Bengal Regulation 5, 1799 (to limit the interference of the Zila and City Courts of Diwani Adalat in the Execution of wills and administrations to the estates of persons dying intestate). - [(b) [ Repealed ]. - [(c) [ Repealed ] - (d) Proceedings under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 which cannot be disposed of by District - Delegates; and - (e) [ Repealed] . - (3) The Principal District Judge may withdraw any such proceeding taken cognizance of by, or transferred to, a Civil Judge (Senior Division) or Civil Judge (Junior Division), and may either himself dispose of them or transfer them to a Court under his administrative control competent to dispose of them.