(1) Any civil court in the State of Delhi or Ajmer which has jurisdiction to hear and decide a suit for recovery of possession of any premises shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide any case under this Act relating to such premises if it has pecuniary jurisdiction and is otherwise competent to hear and decide such a case under any law for the time being in force.
(2) The value of any case under this Act, for the purposes of the pecuniary jurisdiction of the court, shall be determined by the amount of rent which is or would be payable for a period of twelve months, calculated according to the highest amount claimed in the case:
Provided that in the case of any proceeding based on the certificate of the Controller under section 28, such value shall be determined by the amount of rent which is or would be payable for a period of one month.
(3) If any question arises whether any suit, application or other proceeding is a case under this Act, the question shall be determined by the court.
(4) For the purposes of this Chapter, a case under this Act, includes any suit, application or other proceeding under this Act and also includes any claim or question arising out of this Act or any of its provisions but does not include any proceeding which a Controller is empowered to decide under Chapter IV.
Section 34 - Appeals
(1) any person aggrieved by any decree or order of a court passed under this Act may, in such manner as may be prescribed, prefer an appeal-
(a) to the court of the senior subordinate judge, if any, where the value of the case does not exceed two thousand rupees:
Provided that here there is no senior subordinate judge, the appeal shall lie to the district judge;
(b) to the court of the district judge, where the value of the case exceeds two thousand rupees but does not exceed ten thousand rupees; and
(c) to the High Court, where the value of the case exceeds ten thousand rupees.
(2) No second appeal shall lie from any decree or order passed in any case under this Act.
Section 35 - Revision and review
(1) The High Court may, at any time, call for the record of any case under this Act for the purpose of satisfying itself that a decision made therein is according to law and may pass such order in relation thereto as it thinks fit.
(2) Any court may, after giving notice to the parties, review its own order.
Section 36 - Limitation
Subject to the provisions of Part II and Part III of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), any person aggrieved by a decree or an order passed in any case under this Act may prefer an appeal-
(a) where it lies to any court other than the High Court within thirty days from the date of such decree or order; and
(b) where it lies to the High Court, within sixty days from the date of such decree or order.
Section 37 - Procedure before courts
Subject to any rules that may be made under this Act, the court may hold a summary inquiry into any case under this Act (other than a suit for eviction under section 13 in which the question of title is involved) and the practice and the procedure of a court of small causes shall, as far as may be, apply to such cases as if they were suits and other proceedings cognizable by a court of small causes.