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The said Notification has been rescinded. It therefore became necessary to specify the area of "City of Bangalore" for the purposes of the Bangalore City Civil Court. The High Court had originally proposed that the said Court would try civil cases only. Subsequently, the High Court recommended that the presiding Officers of the said Court would try criminal cases also. Accordingly, the High Court recommended that the area of the "City of Bangalore" may be the area declared to be a metropolitan area under Section 8 of the Cr. P.C. The High Court also recommended that,- (i) the pecuniary jurisdiction of the court of Small Causes in Bangalore may be increased to Rs. 10, 000; (ii) all proceedings pending in the District Court, Court of the Civil Judge and the Munsiff's Court be transferred to the City Civil Court instead of to the High Court as at present ; and (iii) provision be made to dispense with the giving of notices to parties after the appeals, applications, suits etc., are transferred to the City Civil Court or the Small Causes Court. In order to enable the establishment of the Bangalore City Civil Court very early and as the Legislative Council was not in Session, the Bangalore City Civil Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1980 providing for these matters was promulgated. Subsequently the High Court suggested certain other provisions of a procedural and clarificatory nature. They have also been incorporated in the Bill which is intended to replace the Ordinance. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-2A (Extraordinary) No.557 dated 8.7.1980 at Page 6) III Amendment 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 3 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 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. Further, the subordinate Courts in the neighboring States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra pradesh and Kerala have vacations during summer, winter and Dasara totalling nearly 60 days or even more. In view of the repeated requests from the several Bar Associations in the State for the restoration of vacation to the full period of 60 days and in view of the recommendation made by the High Court in this behalf, it is considered necessary that the vacation for the Civil Courts may be restored to 60 days, instead of 30 days, as before. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-2A (Extraordinary) No. 209 dated 28.3.1981 at page 3.) IV Amendment Act 26 of 1985.- With a view to provide uniform provision regarding vacations, in the Karnataka Small Causes Courts Act, 1964, the Karnataka Civil Courts, Act, 1964 and the Bangalore City Civil Court Act, 1979, it is considered necessary to amend the relevant sections of the said Acts. Opportunity is also taken to make provisions for appointment of Vacation Judges in the Karnataka Small Causes Court Act and other consequential changes. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-2A (Extraordinary) No. 400 dated 26.7.1985 at page 6.) ***** 4 KARNATAKA ACT No. 13 OF 1980 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Seventeenth day of April, 1980) THE BANGALORE CITY CIVIL COURT ACT, 1979 (Received the assent of the President on the Eighth day of April, 1980) (As Amended by Acts 23 of 1980, 11 of 1981 and 26 of 1985) An Act to provide for the establishment of the City Civil Court in the city of Bangalore. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a City Civil Court in the city of Bangalore and matters connected therewith ; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY