The Court shall presume upon the production of any document purporting to be a certified copy of a foreign judgment, that such judgment was pronounced by a Court of competent jurisdiction, unless the contrary appears on the record; but such presumption may be displaced by proving want of jurisdiction.
Central Act · India · PART I — Suits in General
Section 14 CPC Presumption as to foreign judgments
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Edition: User-supplied Law Library CPC page, attributed to India Code as on 10 January 2026; retrieved 6 November 2026
Judgments on Section 14
LOK 2026 (9) SC 222 · Supreme Court of India
Mihir Prakash Bajoria v. Vidushi Jain Bajoria
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1034 : 2026 KHC OnLine 6737
SubjectFamily Law
ActsCode of Civil Procedure, 1908, Code of Civil Procedure 1908 — Section 13 - Section 14 - Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2
Anti-suit injunctions restrain a party from prosecuting proceedings in a foreign court. Governed by equitable principles, such power must be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and in exceptional cases—not as a routine judicial exercise. Unmindful grant of anti-suit injunctions undermines comity of courts and improperly interjects into…