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Issues: Whether the Sub Court, Kottayam had territorial jurisdiction to entertain the suit on the basis that part of the cause of action arose within its local limits.
Analysis: The pleadings and written statement showed an express admission that the defendants purchased goods from Kottayam and Erattupetta and that part of the transaction arose within Kottayam district. Under Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a suit may be instituted where the cause of action wholly or in part arises. The admission in the written statement, filed early in the suit, was treated as a binding judicial admission and could not be retracted by a later explanation. On that basis, the challenge to territorial jurisdiction failed, and the trial court's postponement of the jurisdictional question till the final stage was not accepted as a ground for interference.
Conclusion: The Sub Court, Kottayam had territorial jurisdiction, and the objection raised by the petitioner was rejected.
Final Conclusion: The Original Petition was disposed of with the jurisdictional challenge repelled and the trial court directed to proceed with the suit on merits expeditiously.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a defendant's own admitted facts show that part of the cause of action arose within the forum's territorial limits, Section 20(c) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 confers jurisdiction and the objection to territorial competence cannot succeed.
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