Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
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.-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.