A foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly adjudicated upon between the same parties or between parties under whom they or any of them claim litigating under the same title except-
(a) where it has not been pronounced by a Court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) where it has not been given on the merits of the case;
(c) where it appears on the face of the proceedings to be founded on an incorrect view of international law or a refusal to recognise the law of India in cases in which such law is applicable;
(d) where the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained are opposed to natural justice;
(e) where it has been obtained by fraud;
(f) where it sustains a claim founded on a breach of any law in force in India.
9 CPC Courts to try all civil suits unless barred
13 CPC When foreign judgment not conclusive
14 CPC Presumption as to foreign judgments
15 CPC Court in which suits to be instituted
16 CPC Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate
17 CPC Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different Courts
18 CPC Place of Institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of Courts are uncertain
19 CPC Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movables
20 CPC Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of action arises