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1[25. Power of Supreme Court to transfer suits, etc.–(1) On the application of a party, and after notice
to the parties, and after hearing such of them as desire to be heard, the Supreme Court may, at any stage, if
satisfied that an order under this section is expedient for the ends of justice, direct that any suit, appeal or other
proceeding be transferred from a High Court or other Civil Court in one State to a High Court or other Civil
Court in another State.(2) Every application under this section shall be made by a motion which shall be supported by an
affidavit.(3) The Court to which such suit, appeal or other proceeding is transferred shall, subject to any special
directions in the order of transfer, either retry it or proceed from the stage at which it was transferred to it.(4) In dismissing any application under this section, the Supreme Court may, if it is of opinion that
the application was frivolous or vexatious, order the applicant to pay by way of compensation to any
person who has opposed the application such sum, not exceeding two thousand rupees, as it considers
appropriate in the circumstances of the case.(5) The law applicable to any suit, appeal or other proceeding transferred under this section shall be
the law which the Court in which the suit, appeal or other proceeding was originally instituted ought to
have applied to such suit, appeal or proceeding.]
