Landmark case · Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation · Semester 5

ONGC v. Utpal Kumar Basu

(1994) 4 SCC 711 · Supreme Court of India

Territorial jurisdiction depends on a part of the cause of action arising within the forum; a mere tender advertisement read in Calcutta did not confer jurisdiction.

From topic

Jurisdiction of civil courts and place of suing — Unit I, Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation.

Related sections:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 9 — Courts to try all civil suits unless barred
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 15–20 — Place of suing
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 21 — Objections to jurisdiction
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 2(2) — Decree