https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171263 An Indian court cannot treat a foreign governing-law and forum clause as ousting its jurisdiction unless the content and effect of the foreign law are proved as fact. Here, the agreements selected English law and English Courts for disputes, but no evidence was led on English law to show that the jurisdiction clause was exclusive in its true legal effect. The Bombay HC therefore held that the trial court could not conclusively decide the Section 9A jurisdictional objection on the record before it and set aside the ruling, restoring the application for fresh adjudication after evidence on the foreign law issue. en-us Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:13:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171263 An Indian court cannot treat a foreign governing-law and forum clause as ousting its jurisdiction unless the content and effect of the foreign law are proved as fact. Here, the agreements selected English law and English Courts for disputes, but no evidence was led on English law to show that the jurisdiction clause was exclusive in its true legal effect. The Bombay HC therefore held that the trial court could not conclusively decide the Section 9A jurisdictional objection on the record before it and set aside the ruling, restoring the application for fresh adjudication after evidence on the foreign law issue. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171263