(e) “district court ” means, in any area for which a Family Court established under section 3 of the
Family Courts Act, 1984 (66 of 1984) exists, such Family Court, and in any area for which there is no
Family Court but a city civil court exists, that court and in any other area, the principal civil court of
original jurisdiction and includes any other civil court which may be specified by the State
Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, as having jurisdiction in respect of the matters
dealt with in this Act;