Save as otherwise provided in the Act, no Civil Court shall entertain any suit or proceedings in so far as it relates to fixation of rent payable and matters incidental thereto or to any other matter which the Rent Controller or Appellate Rent Tribunal is empowered by or under the Act to decide and no injunction in respect of any action taken or to be taken by the Rent Controller or Appellate Rent Tribunal under the Act, shall be granted by any Civil Court.
CHAPTER VII Miscellaneous
Section 35: Jurisdiction of Civil Court barred in respect of certain matters
The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 (repealed)
Repealed in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 15 February 2026 by section 47(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025 (Act No. IV of 2025), which reads "The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is hereby repealed", with pending cases saved by section 47(2).
How current this text is
Text as adapted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 (S.O. 1229(E), 31 March 2020), as published by India Code for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kept for reference only: the Act was repealed from 15 February 2026 by the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025, and applies now only to cases pending at that date under section 47(2) of that Act.