Company Law Board Regulations, 1991
7. Jurisdiction of
the Bench –
1.
All
proceedings, other than the proceedings before the Principal Bench under
regulation 4, shall be instituted before the Bench within whose jurisdiction
the registered office of the company is situated.
2. The regions where the
Benches shall ordinarily have their sittings are the Northern Region, the
Southern Region including Additional Principal Bench, the Eastern Region and
the Western Region, the States and Union Territories falling within each of
such regions being States and Union Territories as provided in Annexure-I to
these regulations.
3.
The
Benches shall ordinarily have their sittings at Calcutta (Eastern Region),
Bombay (Western Region), Madras (Southern Region including Additional Principal
Bench) and New Delhi (Northern Region).
Provided that the
Bench may, at its discretion, hold its sittings in any other city or town
falling within the region or at any other place outside the region with the
consent of the parties.