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    Question

    S.9 of CPC provides that:

    A Courts should try all civil suits. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Courts should try all suits of civil nature unless there is a religious or a substantial question of law involved in it. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Courts should try all suits of civil nature including a religious question involved in it. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Courts to try all civil suits unless barred. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    S.9. Courts to try all civil suits unless barred.— The Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein contained) have jurisdiction to try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is either expressly or impliedly barred. [Explanation I].—A suit in which the right to property or to an office is contested is a suit of a civil nature, notwithstanding that such right may depend entirely on the decision of questions as to religious rites or ceremonies.   [Explanation I].—For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether or not any fees are attached to the office referred to in Explanation I or whether or not such office is attached to a particular place.

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