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From the fact that the Lucknow Bench exercises the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in the new High Court in respect of cases arising in Oudh, therefore, it does not follow necessarily that the power and jurisdiction it exercises is exclusive or the remainder of the High Court has been deprived of the power and jurisdiction to deal with those cases.

21. This is made clear by the second proviso to Clause 14 according to which the Chief Justice has been empowered to direct that any case or class of cases arising in the area of Oudh shall be heard at Allahabad. If the jurisdiction and power of the High Court in respect of the cases arising in Oudh had been taken away from the remainder of the High Court and had been vested exclusively in the Lucknow Bench, the Chief Justice could not have been authorized to direct that an Oudh case shall be heard at Allahabad. Under the main part of Clause 14 with the concurrence of the Chief Justice and the Governor a Bench of the High Court or even the whole Court can sit at any other place in the State as may be appointed, e.g., at Meerut or at Agra.