https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305049 Territorial jurisdiction under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent cannot be revoked summarily where the pleaded cause of action depends on disputed facts. In a design piracy suit under the Designs Act, 2000, the plaint alleged sale of the infringing biscuit packets within Chennai, making the jurisdictional question a mixed issue of fact and law. Because sales and distribution required evidence, the objection to jurisdiction had to be tried in the main suit rather than decided at the leave stage. The court therefore declined to apply forum conveniens to displace the pleaded jurisdictional basis and held the suit maintainable on the Original Side. en-us Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:49:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305049 Territorial jurisdiction under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent cannot be revoked summarily where the pleaded cause of action depends on disputed facts. In a design piracy suit under the Designs Act, 2000, the plaint alleged sale of the infringing biscuit packets within Chennai, making the jurisdictional question a mixed issue of fact and law. Because sales and distribution required evidence, the objection to jurisdiction had to be tried in the main suit rather than decided at the leave stage. The court therefore declined to apply forum conveniens to displace the pleaded jurisdictional basis and held the suit maintainable on the Original Side. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305049