https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274962 An exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause in a commercial distributorship agreement was upheld where the parties expressly conferred jurisdiction on the Italian Court at Milan and chose Italian law to govern interpretation, validity, performance and termination. The court distinguished domestic jurisdiction rules under the Code of Civil Procedure from party autonomy in private international law, and held that a valid foreign forum clause is not contrary to public policy merely because the transaction has links with India. Circumstances relied on for retaining jurisdiction, including performance and evidence in India, were treated as foreseeable when the contract was made. The suit was not entertained and the plaint was returned for presentation before the appropriate court. en-us Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:30:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274962 An exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause in a commercial distributorship agreement was upheld where the parties expressly conferred jurisdiction on the Italian Court at Milan and chose Italian law to govern interpretation, validity, performance and termination. The court distinguished domestic jurisdiction rules under the Code of Civil Procedure from party autonomy in private international law, and held that a valid foreign forum clause is not contrary to public policy merely because the transaction has links with India. Circumstances relied on for retaining jurisdiction, including performance and evidence in India, were treated as foreseeable when the contract was made. The suit was not entertained and the plaint was returned for presentation before the appropriate court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274962