https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170891 Section 2(11) and section 10 of the Companies Act were treated as forum-defining provisions only for matters the Act expressly requires to be brought before a court, and not as a general exclusion of civil court jurisdiction. Exclusion of ordinary civil jurisdiction was held to arise only where the statute expressly or by necessary implication creates a special forum for the particular relief sought. Because the suits concerning cessation or continuance of directors and the validity of board meetings were not shown to fall within an exclusive statutory forum, the ordinary civil courts retained jurisdiction, with valuation governed by the Court Fees Act and Suits Valuation Act. The suits were therefore triable by the civil court. en-us Wed, 25 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:35:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170891 Section 2(11) and section 10 of the Companies Act were treated as forum-defining provisions only for matters the Act expressly requires to be brought before a court, and not as a general exclusion of civil court jurisdiction. Exclusion of ordinary civil jurisdiction was held to arise only where the statute expressly or by necessary implication creates a special forum for the particular relief sought. Because the suits concerning cessation or continuance of directors and the validity of board meetings were not shown to fall within an exclusive statutory forum, the ordinary civil courts retained jurisdiction, with valuation governed by the Court Fees Act and Suits Valuation Act. The suits were therefore triable by the civil court. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 25 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170891