Financial jurisdiction of DRT does not change with the change of amount adjudicated.

The Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRT) can hear claims of Banks only if the amount claimed is Rs. 10 lakhs and above.  However the DRT will not loose jurisdiction of a case,  if after adjudication the DRT decrees for a amount lesser than Rs. 10 lakhs.

As per the RDB Act DRTs can hear cases where the Bank's claim is Rs. 10 lakhs or above.  This is apart from other conditions, including that of territorial jurisdiction as well the claim being within the meaning "debt" as defined in the Act.  Therefore the DRTs have an elaborate mechanism for "scrutiny" of the applications before they are registered as an "Original Applicaiton".  Once the application filed by the Bank is found to be in accordance with the Act and within the jurisdiction of the DRT, then, and only then  the Registrar  orders the case to be registered.

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