law: Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  
  9.Courts to try all civil suits unless barred.-
  The
  
  Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein contained) have jurisdiction to
  
  try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is
  
  either expressly or impliedly barred.
  
  Explanation.-A suit in which the right to property or to an office is
  
  contested is a suit of a civil nature, notwithstanding that such right may
  
  depend entirely on the decision of questions as to religious rites or
  
  ceremonies.