Where a suit is to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to, immovable property situate within the jurisdiction of different Courts, the suit may be instituted in any Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any portion of the property is situate:
Provided that, in respect of the value of the subject-matter of the suit, the entire claim is cognizable by such Court.
A suit to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to, immovable property which is situate within the jurisdiction of different courts may be instituted in any court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any portion of the property is situate, provided that in respect of the value of the subject-matter of the suit, the entire claim is cognizable by such court.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
The object of the section is to avoid multiplicity of suits, but the section is no bar to parties bringing successive suits where the properties are situate in different jurisdictions.