https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197053 Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 identifies territorial venues for suit, but it does not impose an absolute duty on every competent court to entertain proceedings. The doctrine of forum non conveniens may still operate through Section 151 in rare and exceptional cases where another competent forum is clearly more appropriate and justice requires refusal to proceed. On the facts discussed, the suits were connected with pending Bombay proceedings, raised overlapping issues on competing advertisements and comparative claims, and risked forum shopping, duplication, and conflicting findings; the proceedings were therefore treated as suitable for return and rejection in favour of the Bombay forum. en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:34:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197053 Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 identifies territorial venues for suit, but it does not impose an absolute duty on every competent court to entertain proceedings. The doctrine of forum non conveniens may still operate through Section 151 in rare and exceptional cases where another competent forum is clearly more appropriate and justice requires refusal to proceed. On the facts discussed, the suits were connected with pending Bombay proceedings, raised overlapping issues on competing advertisements and comparative claims, and risked forum shopping, duplication, and conflicting findings; the proceedings were therefore treated as suitable for return and rejection in favour of the Bombay forum. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197053