https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196422 Clause 12 of the Letters Patent and Section 20 CPC were treated as the governing forum provisions, and a foreign corporation was held amenable to the High Court's jurisdiction where it carried on business through its Bombay branch, even though the cause of action arose outside India. Filing a written statement on merits and participating in interlocutory proceedings did not amount to waiver or abandonment of the jurisdictional objection, as the defendant's conduct remained defensive rather than a deliberate submission to the forum. The Court also adopted a broad refund approach and held that court fees paid on the memorandum of appeal were refundable after the jurisdictional dismissal of the suit was reversed. en-us Wed, 28 Jul 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:39:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196422 Clause 12 of the Letters Patent and Section 20 CPC were treated as the governing forum provisions, and a foreign corporation was held amenable to the High Court's jurisdiction where it carried on business through its Bombay branch, even though the cause of action arose outside India. Filing a written statement on merits and participating in interlocutory proceedings did not amount to waiver or abandonment of the jurisdictional objection, as the defendant's conduct remained defensive rather than a deliberate submission to the forum. The Court also adopted a broad refund approach and held that court fees paid on the memorandum of appeal were refundable after the jurisdictional dismissal of the suit was reversed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Jul 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196422