https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104880 Territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 depends on whether the cause of action, in whole or in part, arises within the High Court's territorial limits, and that enquiry must be made from the pleadings rather than by testing their truth at the threshold. In criminal proceedings and investigation-related writs, the place of the operative facts and other material events is relevant, and the complaint alone is not necessarily determinative. On the pleaded facts, substantial events connected with the dispute were linked to Mumbai, so the Bombay High Court had jurisdiction to entertain the writ petition seeking quashing of the complaint and transfer of investigation. Its summary dismissal for want of jurisdiction was therefore unsustainable. en-us Mon, 04 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104880 Territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 depends on whether the cause of action, in whole or in part, arises within the High Court's territorial limits, and that enquiry must be made from the pleadings rather than by testing their truth at the threshold. In criminal proceedings and investigation-related writs, the place of the operative facts and other material events is relevant, and the complaint alone is not necessarily determinative. On the pleaded facts, substantial events connected with the dispute were linked to Mumbai, so the Bombay High Court had jurisdiction to entertain the writ petition seeking quashing of the complaint and transfer of investigation. Its summary dismissal for want of jurisdiction was therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104880