https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198950 Territorial jurisdiction over a suit must be determined by reading the plaint as a whole to identify its real substance. Where the principal reliefs concern partition, declaration, accounts and challenge to alienation of immovable property situated outside Delhi, the suit falls within Section 16(b) and Section 16(d) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The proviso to Section 16 applies only when the entire relief can be obtained through the defendant's personal obedience, which was not the case here. Section 20 cannot override the limitations of Section 16, and the plaint was rightly returned for presentation to the proper court. en-us Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198950 Territorial jurisdiction over a suit must be determined by reading the plaint as a whole to identify its real substance. Where the principal reliefs concern partition, declaration, accounts and challenge to alienation of immovable property situated outside Delhi, the suit falls within Section 16(b) and Section 16(d) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The proviso to Section 16 applies only when the entire relief can be obtained through the defendant's personal obedience, which was not the case here. Section 20 cannot override the limitations of Section 16, and the plaint was rightly returned for presentation to the proper court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198950