Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
22.Power to transfer
suits which may be instituted in more than one Court.-
Where a suit may be
instituted in any one of two or more Courts and is instituted in one of such
Courts, any defendant, after notice to the other parties, may, at the earliest
possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are settled at or before
such settlement, apply to have the suit transferred to another Court, and the
Court to which such application is made, after considering the objections of
the other parties (if any), shall determine in which of the several Courts
having jurisdiction the suit shall proceed.