(1) Where more cases than one involving substantially the same question for determination and based on the same cause of action are pending in different courts, they shall, on application being made by any party to the court to which all the courts concerned are subordinate, be transferred and consolidated in one court and decided by a single judgment.
(2) When two or more suits or proceedings are pending in the same court, and the court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interest of justice, it may by order direct their joint trial, whereupon all such suits and proceedings may be decided upon the evidence in all or any of such suits or proceedings.
(2) When two or more suits or proceedings are pending in the same court, and the court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interest of justice, it may by order direct their joint trial, whereupon all such suits and proceedings may be decided upon the evidence in all or any of such suits or proceedings.
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