https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156992 Territorial jurisdiction under Section 20 CPC depends on where the defendant resides or carries on business, or where the cause of action wholly or partly arises. On the pleaded facts, the order was placed and accepted at Bombay, while the plaint also asserted dispatch from Delhi, so jurisdictional analysis turned on competing territorial links. A contractual jurisdiction clause can validly confine disputes to one among several competent courts if the chosen forum already has jurisdiction and the clause clearly excludes others. Clause 17 was treated as such a forum-selection clause for Mumbai, reflecting the settled principle that party autonomy operates within the bounds of competent jurisdiction. en-us Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156992 Territorial jurisdiction under Section 20 CPC depends on where the defendant resides or carries on business, or where the cause of action wholly or partly arises. On the pleaded facts, the order was placed and accepted at Bombay, while the plaint also asserted dispatch from Delhi, so jurisdictional analysis turned on competing territorial links. A contractual jurisdiction clause can validly confine disputes to one among several competent courts if the chosen forum already has jurisdiction and the clause clearly excludes others. Clause 17 was treated as such a forum-selection clause for Mumbai, reflecting the settled principle that party autonomy operates within the bounds of competent jurisdiction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156992