Erroneous Decision on Territorial Jurisdiction Still Operates as Res Judicata Between Parties if Not Set Aside: Bombay High Court

The matter before the Bombay High Court arose from a Civil Revision Application filed by HDFC Bank Limited & Ors. challenging an order of the Trial Court which had rejected their application under Order VII Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking return of the plaint. The original suit had been filed by the plaintiff at Nagpur, and the defendants had earlier objected to the territorial jurisdiction…