Supreme Court of India

Oil and Natural Gas Commission v. Utpal Kumar Basu and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 252
Bench M. N. Venkatachaliah, A.M. Ahmadi and B.P. Jeevan Reddy JJ.
Decided 23 June 1994

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal, set aside the order of the High Court and direct that the writ petition will stand disposed of for want of jurisdiction.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Constitution of Indict-Article 22fr-Territorial jurisdiction based on cause of action wholly or in part-Held, jurisdiction must be decided on facts pleaded in the Petition, but facts must form integral part of course of action. Code of Civil procedure, 1908-Section 21-Held, cannot be invoked in favour of a party who deliberately invokes the jurisdiction of a court which has no jurisdiction whatsoever, for ulterior motives. Practice and procedure-Exemplary costs-Awarded against party who did not act bona fide. Engineers India Limited (EIL) acting as Consultants for the Oil and Natural Gas

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