Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 473 · Decided 7 April 2025
Rakesh Kumar Verma v. Hdfc Bank LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 473 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 78
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2282/2025
- Decided
- 7 April 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 7; Contract Act Section 28
Headnote
Issue arose whether civil suits could have been instituted in courts in Patna and Delhi by employees in view of the specific clauses in the appointment letter that courts in Mumbai would have exclusive jurisdiction to decide disputes by and between the contracting parties. s.28 - Agreements in restraint of legal proceedings - Exclusive jurisdiction of courts - Appointment of two employees by the respondent Bank, one in Patna and other in Delhi and exclusive jurisdiction clause in the appointment letter that the courts in Mumbai will have
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