Section 21 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Objections to jurisdiction. 21. Objections to jurisdiction. 1[(1)] No objection as to the place of suing shall be allowed by any Appellate or Revisional Court unless such objection was taken in…
Section 20 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises. 20. Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises.—Subject to the limitations aforesaid,…
Section 19 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movables. 19. Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movables.—Where a suit is for compensation for wrong done to the person or…
Section 18 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Place of Institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain. 18. Place of Institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain.— (1) Where…
Section 17 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts. 17. Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts.—Where a suit is to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for…
Section 16 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate. 16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate.—Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits— shall be instituted in the…
Section 15 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Court in which suits to be instituted. 15. Court in which suits to be instituted.—Every suit shall be instituted in the Court of the lowest grade competent to try it. To…
Section 14 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Presumption as to foreign judgments. 14. Presumption as to foreign judgments.—The Court shall presume upon the production of any document purporting to be a certified copy of a foreign judgment, that…
Section 13 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – When foreign judgment not conclusive. 13. When foreign judgment not conclusive.—A foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly adjudicated upon between the same parties or between parties…
Section 12 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Bar to further suit. 12. Bar to further suit. —Where a plaintiff is precluded by rules from instituting a further suit in respect of any particular cause of action, he shall…