CPC 21 — Objections to jurisdiction

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

[(1)] No objection as to the place of suing shall be allowed by any
Appellate or Revisional Court unless such objection was taken in the Court of first instance at the earliest
possible opportunity and in all cases where issues are settled at or before such settlement, and unless there has been a consequent failure of justice.

[(2) No  objection  as  to  the  competence  of  a  Court  with  reference  to  the  pecuniary  limits  of  its
jurisdiction shall be allowed by any Appellate or Revisional Court unless such objection was taken in the
Court of first instance at the earliest possible opportunity, and, in all cases where issues are settled, at or before such settlement, and unless there has been a consequent failure of justice.

(3)  No  objection  as  to  the  competence  of  the  executing  Court  with  reference  to  the  local  limits  of  its
jurisdiction  shall  be  allowed  by  any  Appellate  or  Revisional  Court  unless  such  objection  was  taken  in the
executing  Court  at  the  earliest  possible  opportunity,  and  unless  there  has  been  a  consequent  failure  of justice.]

[21A.  Bar  on  suit  to  set  aside  decree  on  objection as  to  place  of  suing.— No  suit  shall  lie
challenging  the  validity  of  a  decree  passed  in  a  former  suit  between  the  same  parties,  or  between  the
parties under whom they or any of them claim, litigating under the same title, on any ground based on an objection as to the place of suing.

Explanation.—The expression “former suit” means a suit which has been decided prior to the decision
in the suit in which the validity of the decree is questioned, whether or not the previously decided suit was instituted prior to the suit in which the validity of such decree is questioned.]

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