https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196992 Civil courts retain jurisdiction under Section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure unless barred by statute, and a plaintiff is ordinarily entitled to choose the forum. A plaint may be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 only on a meaningful reading of the plaint, and maintainability or jurisdiction must be tested from the plaint as a whole. Where suits are withdrawn under Section 24 CPC, the court must decide them according to the Code and cannot dismiss them merely because a similar issue is pending in a writ petition. The proper course is to examine maintainability on the pleadings and, if necessary, decide preliminary issues or reject the plaint in accordance with law. en-us Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196992 Civil courts retain jurisdiction under Section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure unless barred by statute, and a plaintiff is ordinarily entitled to choose the forum. A plaint may be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 only on a meaningful reading of the plaint, and maintainability or jurisdiction must be tested from the plaint as a whole. Where suits are withdrawn under Section 24 CPC, the court must decide them according to the Code and cannot dismiss them merely because a similar issue is pending in a writ petition. The proper course is to examine maintainability on the pleadings and, if necessary, decide preliminary issues or reject the plaint in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196992