https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295491 An objection to territorial jurisdiction raised at the threshold should ordinarily be decided first as a preliminary issue because jurisdiction is a pure question of law. Under Order XIV Rule 2 CPC, where the Court lacks jurisdiction, the matter ends without examination of the merits. The earlier direction to take up the writ petition for final hearing before deciding jurisdiction was therefore not in accordance with law, and that order was set aside. en-us Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:35:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295491 An objection to territorial jurisdiction raised at the threshold should ordinarily be decided first as a preliminary issue because jurisdiction is a pure question of law. Under Order XIV Rule 2 CPC, where the Court lacks jurisdiction, the matter ends without examination of the merits. The earlier direction to take up the writ petition for final hearing before deciding jurisdiction was therefore not in accordance with law, and that order was set aside. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295491