No. 27.-NUMBER and DESCRIPTION of CIVIL SUITS INSTITUTED.

1916

1915

1914

TOTALS.1918 1,417,004 486,662

8,154

96,194 10,954

3

Enhancement

156

or
Re-
or
Abate- covery
of
ment of
rent Posses-

sion
alone

...

د.

1

2

For Ejectment

1,418

11

99

41

1917 1,565,709 474,862 5,444 1,995

1,597,056 461,040 2,652 1,914

1,548,359 422,091 1,803 1,934

16

All

other

Suits under the Bent Law

7,546 1,918

Suits
for
Suits
Total Immov-
able for
Pro- Specific
perty Relief

2

99

6 14,263

3

270

8,253

2:

255

10,881

2 107,552 11,611 281

18,818 3,857 20,621

17,720

10,690

5,708

1,813

1,741

127

150

4,002 1,195 2,181

37

381

1,433 6,521

5,011

5,266

1,215

598

Title and other Suits

485

Mort

gage
Suits

9

1,991 21,236 12,120 64,525 608,001

5,326 36,436

8,379

1,659

Other
Suits

52

not

falling
under

any
of the
preced-
ing

heads

1,803 45,099 528,255

5,812 24,647 183,417(a)

7,984 25,599

683

Total

1,947

1,601 8,979 71,741

102

2,130 18,311 171,571

793 11,403 112,746

146

28

200

1,401,814 376,453 1,572 2,205

NOTE. Figures in this table are exclusive of those tried in the Revenue Courts.
(a) Includes 6,574 suits of which details are not available.

""

99

(b)
(e) ..

7,104
6,437 "

"2

Grand
Total

214,155

973

1,987 5,106 454,028 112,857 21,68 70,015 40,675 245,236 2,128.525 (c)

156,180

5,310

4,518 458,709 114,803 24,634 81,804 40,013 261,254 2,201,480 (b) 83,228 40,495 262,398 2,132,127 (c) 2,382 500,359 127,789 28,144 93,180 48,227 297,340 2,314,001

3,559 455,501 113,173 25,502

1,609 498,533 120,767 25,581 96,675 38,613 281,666 2,282,708

1,471 497,597 106,927 22,851 83,553 32,483 245,814 2,160,415

8,640

2,407

433 482,784 118,511 26,041 85,301 37,077 266,930 2,315,373

6,583

396 466,002 117,779 26,098 87,702 34,363 265,942 2,329,000

284 426,112 114,154 25,044 79,817 32,982 251,997 2,226,468

5,216 385,446 127,637 26,475 77,461 36,439 268,012 2,055,272

No. 28.-NUMBER and VALUE of CIVIL SUITS INSTITUTED.

Central Provinces and
Berar

Ajmer-Merwara.

Delhi.

North-West Frontier
Province

British Baluchistan

1915

(a) Excludes 6,574 suits against "Superior Courts."
(b) Excludes 43 cases transferred to Settlement Courts.

Value
Rs.

1,000
to

212,499 752,504 424,410 552,240, 82,843

Rs.

5,000

8,382

9,279

4,994 3,672

770

384

3,861

3,813

8,853 1,960

6,564 1,265

1,111

144

146

11

Value

above

Rs. 5,000

60,271

243,261 851,941 473,381 584,130 82,914 58,091

1,961

1,122

266,355 852,754 428,466 492,400 62,886 43,072

296,225 919,308 466,612 517,131

2,590

635

57,955 11,786
62,467 12,865

891 1,789

33

3

228

12,621

252,766 864,173 460,938 559,434 73,974 52,773 11,589

12,291

Number

of Suits

the value
of which
cannot be
estimated
in money

8,387

817

7,528 61,140 40,880

2,307

929

56

169

2,329,000 48,75,42,538

1914 286,704 835,694 390,885 438,122 53,845 36,247 6,633 7,030

2,055,160 51,12,55,092

Details not given of 28 Madras suits in 1914, 4 in 1918, 6 in 1919, and 21,206 in 1921, and 84 Delhi suits in 1914, and 6,437 Bombay suits in 1921, and 7,104 in 1922.

2,226,468 47,33,16,511

No. 29.-GENERAL RESULTS of TRIAL of CIVIL and REVENUE CASES in COURTS of ORIGINAL JURISDICTION-Civil Suits.

No. 30.-GENERAL RESULTS of TRIAL of CIVIL and REVENUE CASES in COURTS of ORIGINAL JURISDICTION-Miscellaneous Cases.

No. 31.-CIVIL APPELLATE COURTS-Appeals from Decrees.

Number
of

Appeals

before

the Courts

30,865

12,436

38,795

24,209

22,544

7,891

20,588

7,153

2,205

2,052

300(a)

306

50

464

169,918

170,898

177,407

180,011

170,178

164,861

170,313

169,252

173,697

176,823