Dhulabhai and Ors. v State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr.

Rule established

Laid down the seven principles governing when a civil court's jurisdiction is excluded by a special statute providing its own machinery for adjudication of disputes arising under it; exclusion of civil court jurisdiction is not to be readily inferred, and where a statute is found to be ultra vires, or a remedy provided under it is not adequate, or fundamental procedural requirements have not been complied with, civil court jurisdiction is not excluded despite an apparently exclusionary provision.