The court held that it cannot order the transfer of a suit from a subordinate court to itself where the subordinate court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The applicant admitted that the subordinate court had no pecuniary jurisdiction, and the respondent established that the suit had already been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The law is clear that transfer can only be ordered if the suit was filed in a court with jurisdiction. Since the subordinate court lacked jurisdiction, there was nothing to transfer, and the application was therefore not merited. The court also noted that, following statutory amendments, the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Chief Magistrate's Court has since been enhanced, but this did not cure the original defect or revive a dismissed suit. Consequently, the application for transfer was dismissed with costs to the respondent.