Common Order

1. The petitioner has filed both writ petitions seeking for a writ in the nature of declaration declaring that by the contract if the parties have restricted settling of disputes between them at a particular place, any prosecution or proceedings launched by the other party away from the restricted / agreed jurisdiction even in cases of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act falling within the said contract will not be valid and binding on the petitioner.

2. The petitioner has made the Union of India and the State of Tamil Nadu as first and second respondents. Apart from that, they have included two learned Magistrates whose courts are situated in Faridabad and New Delhi. The first writ petition was admitted on 20.1.2011 and the second writ petition was admitted on 19.04.2011. In the applications for stay, only notice was ordered.

3. The contention of the petitioner was that the petitioner is the Managing Director of M/s.Galaxy Amaze Kingdom Ltd. The company had entered into contracts and agreements with the contesting respondents. Under the terms of the agreement in the first writ petition, it was agreed between the parties that any dispute arising