Nanjappa C v. Vs Mohammed Hussain
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Art. 227 writ (GM-CPC) dated 06-07-2026, single judge Lalitha Kanneganti. Petitioner challenged the entire proceedings in O.S.No.118/2025 before the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Chamarajanagara, contending lack of jurisdiction because the dispute is a commercial dispute under Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (2018 amendment). Petitioner's Order VII Rule 11 (a) and (d) CPC application was already rejected and a CRP is pending against that order. The Court held the jurisdictional issue would be decided in the pending CRP, declined to entertain the writ, and disposed of it with liberty to avail appropriate remedy; pending IAs closed. Keywords: commercial dispute, jurisdiction of trial court, alternative remedy, Order VII Rule 11 CPC, civil revision, Commercial Courts Act 2(1)(c).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of, giving liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy in accordance with law; pending interlocutory applications (IAs), if any, stood closed.