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When is a court prohibited from proceeding with the trial of a suit?

Q: Answer-When is a court prohibited from proceeding with the trial of a suit?

Explanation CPC Section 10. Stay of suit No Court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which the matter in issue is also directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit between the same parties, or between parties under whom they or any of them claim litigating under the same title where such suit is pending in the same or any other Court in India have jurisdiction to grant the relief claimed, or in any Court beyond the limits of India established or continued by the Central Government. and having like jurisdiction, or before the Supreme Court.Explanation.--The pendency of a suit in a foreign Court does not preclude the Courts in 1India from trying a suit founded on the same cause of action

A If the matter in issue is already decided in a previously instituted suit between different parties

B If the matter in issue is directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit between the same parties or parties claiming under the same title, pending in a competent court

C If the matter in issue involves multiple claims from unrelated parties in different courts

D If a previously instituted suit was filed in a foreign jurisdiction not recognized by Indian law

E If the suit involves multiple defendants and any one of them has filed a counterclaim in another court

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