https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192201 Indian courts may take cognizance of an offence committed outside India only when the statutory conditions in the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code are satisfied, including the limits on extra-territorial application and any required prior sanction. Because the accused was a foreign citizen and the alleged conduct arose abroad, the jurisdictional basis was absent, and the cognizance was without authority of law. A later jurisdictional objection was not barred by an earlier application or by res judicata-like principles in criminal proceedings, since a proceeding begun without jurisdiction is a nullity and cannot be validated by waiver or estoppel. en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 May 2017 16:04:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192201 Indian courts may take cognizance of an offence committed outside India only when the statutory conditions in the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code are satisfied, including the limits on extra-territorial application and any required prior sanction. Because the accused was a foreign citizen and the alleged conduct arose abroad, the jurisdictional basis was absent, and the cognizance was without authority of law. A later jurisdictional objection was not barred by an earlier application or by res judicata-like principles in criminal proceedings, since a proceeding begun without jurisdiction is a nullity and cannot be validated by waiver or estoppel. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192201