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Commercial Courts Act and Arbitration Act Amendment comes into force

Commercial Courts Act and Arbitration Act Amendment comes into force

The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015

  • The Bill enables the creation of commercial divisions in high courts, and commercial courts at the district level. 

  • Commercial courts, equivalent to district courts, may be set up in all states and union territories, by the state governments after consulting with their respective high courts.

  •  Commercial divisions may be set up in those high courts which exercise ordinary original civil jurisdiction, that is, the High Courts of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.  They are to be set up by the respective state governments after consulting with their high courts.

  • Such commercial divisions in high courts and commercial courts will deal with all matters relating to commercial disputes involving an amount of Rs one crore or more.

  •  Commercial appellate divisions may be set up in all high courts to hear appeals against:

(i) orders of commercial divisions of high courts;

(ii) orders of commercial courts; 

(iii) appeals arising from arbitration matters that are filed before the high courts.

  • Any appeal filed in a high court against the orders of certain tribunals like:

(i) Competition Appellate Tribunal;

(ii) Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal;

(iii) Intellectual Property Appellate Board;

(iv) Company Law Board or the National Company Law Tribunal;

(v) Securities Appellate Tribunal; 

(vi) Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate tribunal may be heard by the commercial appellate division of the high court if it relates to a commercial dispute.

  •  Such appeals to the commercial appellate division must be made within a period of 60 days of the order of the lower court.

  • The number of high court judges that would be required for a commercial division of a high court would be determined and nominated by the Chief Justice of the High Court.  

  • All suits of a value of Rs one crore or more that are pending in the high court shall be transferred to the commercial division, after it is constituted. 

  • Similarly, suits currently pending in the district courts, with a value of Rs. one crore or more would be transferred to the commercial court.  However, a suit will not be transferred if a final judgment on the matter is pending.

 

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