The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a full court decision of the High Court to constitute a committee of judges to examine the proposal to increase pecuniary jurisdiction of the district courts in the national capital from ₹2 crores to ₹20 crores. 

The plea was mentioned before a Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia by DHCBA President N Hariharan.

The Bench agreed to list the matter today.

The committee of judges was constituted after a meeting of the full court on September 2, 2025.

At present, the committee consists of Justices V Kameswar Rao, NW Sambre, Dinesh Mehta, Vivek Chaudhary, Prathiba M Singh and Navin Chawla.

The Coordination Committee of the All District Courts Bar Association of Delhi had in May 2025 had written to the Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and members of Law Commission requesting the enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts from ₹2 crores to ₹20 crores. 

A committee of Delhi High Court judges was then constituted to consider the issue and to interact with the stakeholders and make recommendations.

However, the DHCBA has been opposing the move.

It is DHCBA's case that the judges' committee was constituted after the full court took cognisance of the letter written by the coordination committee of all district court bar associations.

The DHCBA's case is that the letter was addressed to the Union Ministry of Law and not to High Court Chief Justice.

It is also clear that the Ministry of Law did not seek either comments or initiate the process, but the full court took cognisance of the letter issued by the Co-ordination Committee, the DHCBA said.

It added that no reason has been provided about why the High Court constituted the judges' committee.