Territorial jurisdiction

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Del HC | Determination of territorial jurisdiction of Court in matters relating to trademark infringement: HC discusses

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., while addressing the present matter held that prima facie view on territorial jurisdiction has to be

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Del HC | Does Exception 3 to S. 28 of Contract Act deal with claim period within which beneficiary is entitled to lodge claim? Court discusses

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., held that, Exception 3 to Section 28 of the Contract Act deals with curtailment of the

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J&K HC | Parity cannot be the sole ground for granting bail, however, desirability of consistency may; Court allows bail application

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani, J., while allowing the instant bail application, made significant observations pertaining with conditions to

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Are words “tries an offence” more appropriate than “tries an offender” in section 461(l) CrPC? Here’s what SC says

Supreme Court: The single judge bench of V. Ramasubramanian, J has held that the issue of jurisdiction of a court to try

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Sikkim HC | A Magistrate is obligated to inquire into the case for finding sufficient grounds before summoning accused beyond his territorial jurisdiction

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., while exercising inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC quashed the criminal complaint filed against the petitioners

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J&K HC | Crime Branch has no jurisdiction over matters beyond territory of J&K; matter transferred to CBI

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Dhiraj Singh Thakur, J. allowed a petition to direct the CBI to take charge of the present

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Del HC | Wife can maintain S. 125 CrPC application even at a place where she is residing for time-being

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the husband against the judgment of the trial

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Recovery Proceedings| Primary forum (DRT) being in Ernakulam, Kerala HC has supervisory jurisdiction over DRAT, Chennai

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dama Seshadri Naidu, J. while hearing an original petition in a debt recovery

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Merely because disputed shares are issued by Indian Company does not give rise to cause of action in India: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Division Bench

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Unexplained delay in sending contraband articles to the Court: A fit case for giving the accused benefit of doubt

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Annie John, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court

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Place of residence of mother to be considered while instituting a petition for guardianship of a minor child below 5 years of age

Punjab & Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Amol Rattan Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of

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Denial of pension by an authority outside territorial limits of court gives rise to cause of action if the pensioner resides within territorial jurisdiction of the court

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of P.R. Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran, J. while hearing an appeal against the order

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pakistan Supreme Court holds mining lease to be movable property; dismisses appeal for not raising territorial jurisdiction objections before trial court at the earliest

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division bench comprising of Mushir Alam and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. while hearing a civil petition for

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Arbitration application dismissed on grounds of territorial jurisdiction

Uttaranchal High Court: An application for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, was dismissed

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Territorial jurisdiction of that Court arises where communication of termination order reaches the employee i.e. legal cause of action is completed

High Court of Delhi: while deciding upon an issue with respect to maintainability of the writ petition on the ground of territorial