Supreme Court Judgment In Indus Mobile Distribution Private Limited vs Datawind Innovations Private Limited

On 19 April 2017, a bench comprising of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and Justice Rohington Fali Nariman held that where an exclusive jurisdiction clause in an arbitration agreement states that the courts at a particular place alone would have jurisdiction in respect of disputes arising under the agreement, it would oust all other courts' jurisdiction in the matter, even in a case where no part of the cause of action arises at that place.

Factual Background

• The Respondent in the matter was engaged in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of mobile phones, tablets and other accessories and had its registered office at Amritsar in Punjab.
• The Respondent was supplying goods to the Appellant at Chennai via New Delhi.