Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Order 8 Rule 6A CPC | Counter-Claim Must Have Independent Territorial Jurisdiction Over Property Location : MP HC Gwalior
MP High Court rules that a counter-claim under Order 8 Rule 6A CPC cannot piggyback on the plaintiff's suit jurisdiction. The court must independently have territorial jurisdiction over the property involved in the counter-claim, or the claim will be rejected. This sets a strict jurisdictional test for defendants seeking partition or title declarations in counter-claims.