Section 10 — Jurisdiction of High Court.

10. Jurisdiction of High Court.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of     

section 9, the High Court shall have, in respect of Pondicherry, all such jurisdiction as under the law in 

force immediately before the appointed day was exercisable in respect of the former French 

Establishments by the Cour de Cassation, the Cour Superieur d’ Arbitrage and the Counseil d’ Etat of 

France: 

Provided that while determining appeals from decisions of courts and tribunals in Pondicherry, the 

High Court shall, as far as may be, follow the same procedure and have the same power to pass any 

judgment, decree or order thereon, as it follows and has while determining appeals from decisions of 

courts in the State of 
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[Tamil Nadu]. 

(2) All appeals and other proceedings from or in respect of any judgment, decree or order of any court 

or tribunal in the former French Establishments pending immediately before the appointed day before the 

Cour de Cassation or the Cour Superieur d’ Arbitrage or the Counseil d’ Etat of France and all original 

proceedings in relation to those Establishments pending immediately before the appointed day before the 

Counseil d’ Etat shall, by virtue of this Act, stand transferred to the High Court and shall be disposed of 

by the High Court in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred on it by this Act, as if such appeals and other 

proceedings had been filed before the High Court. 

Explanation.—All appeals and other proceedings filed before the appointed day but not transmitted to 

the Cour de Cassation or the Cour Superieur d’ Arbitrage or the Counseil d’ Etat shall be deemed to be 

appeals or proceedings, as the case may be, pending before the Court for the purposes of this sub-section.