A suit for recovery of immovable property must, as a rule, be instituted in the court within whose local limits the property is SITUATED. This is provided by which section of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?

Explanation: Section 16 of the CPC provides that subjekct to the pecuniary limitations, suits for immovable property must be instituted in the court within whose local limits the property is situated - covering suits for recovery of immovable property, partition, foreclosure, sale or redemption of a mortgage, and determination of rights to property. Section 20 deals with suits where defendants reside or cause of action arises; Section 9 with courts to try all civil suits; and Section 15 with the pecuniary/jurisdictional grade. The situs of immovable property is the primary jurisdictional anchor for such suits.