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passed by a Civil Judge. The other amendments are consequential
amendments. The High Court has agreed to the proposal.
  Hence the Bill.
  (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 1st
August 1978 as No.1098 at page. 3.)

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    Act 13 of 1980.—City Civil Courts are functioning in the Metropolitan
Cities of Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. The High
Court is of the opinion that a City Civil Court on the pattern of the City Civil
Courts functioning in the other cities above-named may be constituted for
the City of Bangalore also. When such a City Civil Court is constituted, the
Sessions Judge will deal exclusively with criminal work and the supervision
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of the work of the Magistrates’ Courts. As there will be an appeal only to the
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High Court against the decision of the City Civil Court, this would not only
minimise the delay in disposal of cases but also reduce the cost of litigation.
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    The Government have therefore, considered it necessary to constitute a
City Civil Court for the City of Bangalore. It is also proposed to abolish
vacation in civil courts.
    Hence this Bill.
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    (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated
16th May 1979 as No.473 at page. 14.)


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   Act 11 of 1981.—In view of the heavy arrears of cases in the
Subordinate Civil Courts, it was considered necessary to increase the
number of working days of all such courts. Accordingly, the vacation to all
such courts was reduced from 60 days to 30 days by amending the relevant
provisions in the Karnataka Civil Courts Act, 1964 and the Karnataka Small
Cause Courts Act, 1964. In the Bangalore City Civil Court Act, 1979, the
duration of vacation for the City Civil Court, Bangalore City was also fixed at
30 days.
   There have been a spate of representations from the various Bar
Associations in the State protesting against the reduction of vacation for
these courts and they have been requesting the Government for restoration
of vacation to the Subordinate Courts to the full period of 60 days as before.