Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Jurisdiction – State High Court Has Jurisdiction Over Tort of Conversion

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

State High Courts have unlimited jurisdiction to hear actions for conversion in tort under Section 236(1) of the 1979 Constitution (and analogous provisions in subsequent constitutions). Conversion is a common law tort over which High Courts exercise original jurisdiction. No statutory limitation excludes conversion from…

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