DINESH KUMAR AND 3 OTHERS Vs. DURVIJAY SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Shri A.K. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Rajendra Babu Gaur, learned counsel for the respondents.

(2.) The petitioner, in the writ petition, prays that the order of the District Judge, Hathras dated 15.12.2018 rejecting the petitioners' transfer application No. 309 of 2018 (Dinesh Kumar and others vs. Durvijay Singh) may be set aside.

(3.) Contention of the petitioners is that the Civil Judge (Senior Division) has no pecuniary jurisdiction' to hear the matter since after the amendment in the C.P.C. all pecuniary jurisdiciton upto Rs. 5,00,000/- is vested in the Civil Judge (Junior Division). The District Judge, however, in appeal has held: