Ritu Sachdev vs Anita Jindal And Ors. on 25 February, 1982
The Division Bench judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in
1982 Cal 333 (Ritu Sachdev v. Anita Jindal & Ors.) was considering a plea of
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revocation of leave under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent on the ground of
absence of territorial jurisdiction. Their Lordships have held that the question of
jurisdiction must be decided on the allegation in the pleadings and it must be
decided before the case begins whether or not there is a jurisdiction. It was
further held while leave has been granted under Clause 12 and the application
by defendant for revocation may raise questions far too difficult to determine
upon affidavit evidence and in such case the question should not be decided on
affidavit evidence and the question of difficulty and importance should not be
dealt with by an application to revoke the leave under Clause 12 of the Letters
Patent.