Amar Nath Mishra vs Mahesh Dubey — 8/2023

Summary: The court rejected the respondent's preliminary objection to jurisdiction filed under CPC Rule 11, Order 7, finding that the court has territorial jurisdiction over the guardianship case. The petitioner (father Amarnath Mishra) filed the guardianship petition for four minor children in 2023; while three children were born in Dhanbad and one in Baksar district, all are being maintained in Dhanbad where the respondent resides. The court held that since evidence has already commenced and the case is substantively proceeding, the jurisdiction question should be decided on merits rather than through a preliminary objection, and ordered the case to continue with cross-examination of witness scheduled for March 10, 2026. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.