https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275023 Territorial jurisdiction under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent depended on material facts forming part of the cause of action, and not on incidental or administrative acts. The employment contract was issued and acted upon outside the court's territorial limits, the resignation was accepted outside those limits, and the plaintiff's office was also outside jurisdiction. Consultation of lawyers at Chennai and salary payments from Chennai were treated as incidental and insufficient to found jurisdiction. Clause 13 of the appointment letter could not confer jurisdiction by consent, and the forum conveniens analysis also pointed away from the chosen court. The leave previously granted was therefore revoked. en-us Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:05:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275023 Territorial jurisdiction under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent depended on material facts forming part of the cause of action, and not on incidental or administrative acts. The employment contract was issued and acted upon outside the court's territorial limits, the resignation was accepted outside those limits, and the plaintiff's office was also outside jurisdiction. Consultation of lawyers at Chennai and salary payments from Chennai were treated as incidental and insufficient to found jurisdiction. Clause 13 of the appointment letter could not confer jurisdiction by consent, and the forum conveniens analysis also pointed away from the chosen court. The leave previously granted was therefore revoked. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275023