Under Section 16, CPC a suit relating to immovable property can be filed in a Court whose local jurisdiction is:

Option A: Where the property is situated

Option B: Where the defendant voluntarily resides or carries on business

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer

Option: a

Explanation

Section 16 of CPC, 1908 provides that Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate. It states that-Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits- (a) for the center of immovable property with or without rent or profits, (b) for the partition of immovable property, (c) for foreclosure, sale or redemption in the case of a mortgage of or charge upon immovable property, (d) or the determination of any other right to or interest in immovable property, (e) for compensation for wrong to immovable property, (f) for the recovery of movable property actually under distraint or attachment, shall be instituted in the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the property is situate.

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