Territorial Jurisdiction of High Court when small portion of cause of action arises within its jurisdiction

When a small fraction of cause of action arose within jurisdiction of a High Court and a larger or substantial cause of action arose within jurisdiction of another Court, latter will prevail over former.

The accused persons challenged provisional attachment order under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Most of occurrence alleged to have been committed by accused persons took place at Kerala. The FIR against accused persons were registered in various police stations at Kerala whereas trial is also pending before Special Court at Kerala.

The larger and substantial part of cause of action had arisen only in State of Kerala.
Merely because properties, which are subjected to attachment under Provisional Attachment Order, are situated within State of Tamil Nadu, it is grossly insufficient to maintain these writ petitions before Madras High Court.

It is true that small fraction of cause of action had arisen within jurisdiction of Madras High Court, however, it is not sufficient to maintain these writ petitions before Madras High Court. Therefore, Madras High Court is not appropriate Court to entertain writ petitions.

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