Landmark case · Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing · Semester 6
Kiran Singh v. Chaman Paswan
AIR 1954 SC 340 · Supreme Court of India
Pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction go to the root; consent cannot confer jurisdiction where none exists.
From topic
Return of plaint, documents and territorial competence — Unit II, Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing.
Related sections:
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 7 r. 10 — Return of plaint
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 7 r. 14 — Production of document on which plaintiff sues
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 15–20 — Place of suing
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 21 — Objections to jurisdiction