Supreme Court of India

Mohannakumaran Nair v. Vijayakumaran Nair

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 24
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 11 October 2007

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: c ss. 20 & 15-Territorial jurisdiction-Question in regard to the jurisdiction to be determined with reference to the date on which the suit is filed and entertained and not with reference to a future date- Subsequent change of residence of the party-defendant would not confer territorial jurisdiction inlhe Court which it did not have at the time of institution of the suit. s.115-Jurisdiction under-Held, is discretionary-However, the discretion has to be exercised in accordance with law and not de-hors the same. Doctrines-Doctrine of dominus litus-Applicability

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