law: Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 
  34. Transfer of
  
  pending cases
  1.  
  
    Every
  
  suit, or other proceeding pending before any court including a High Court or
  
  other authority immediately before the date of establishment of the Tribunal
  
  under this Act, being a suit or proceeding the cause of action whereon it is
  
  based, is such that it would have been within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal,
  
  if it had arisen after such establishment within the jurisdiction of such
  
  Tribunal, stand transferred on that date to such Tribunal.
  2.  
  
    Where
  
  any suit, or other proceeding stands transferred from any court including a
  
  High Court or other authority to the Tribunal under sub-section (1),-
  a.   the court or other
  
  authority shall, as soon as may be, after such transfer, forward the records of
  
  such suit, or other proceeding to the Tribunal;
  b.   the Tribunal may, on
  
  receipt of such records, proceed to deal with such suit, or other proceeding,
  
  so far as may be, in the same’ manner as in the case of an application made
  
  under sub-section (2) of section 14, from the stage which was reached before
  
  such transfer or from any earlier stage or de novo as the Tribunal may deem
  
  fit.