Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 223 · Decided 23 June 1994
Oil and Natural Gas Commission v. Utpal Kumar Basu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 223 · [1994] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 252
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1359/1994
- Decided
- 23 June 1994
- Bench
- M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, A.M. AHMADI, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 21; Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of Indict-Article 22fr-Territorial jurisdiction based on cause of action wholly or in part-Held, jurisdiction must be decided on facts C 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 of a court which has no jurisdiction whatsoever, for ulterior motives. D 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 Commission (ONGC) Issued an advertisement dated
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