law: Company Law Board Regulations, 1991 
  7. Jurisdiction of
  
  the Bench – 
  1.     
  
    All
  
  proceedings, other than the proceedings before the Principal Bench under
  
  regulation 4, shall be instituted before the Bench within whose jurisdiction
  
  the registered office of the company is situated.
  2.      The regions where the
  
  Benches shall ordinarily have their sittings are the Northern Region, the
  
  Southern Region including Additional Principal Bench, the Eastern Region and
  
  the Western Region, the States and Union Territories falling within each of
  
  such regions being States and Union Territories as provided in Annexure-I to
  
  these regulations.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Benches shall ordinarily have their sittings at Calcutta (Eastern Region),
  
  Bombay (Western Region), Madras (Southern Region including Additional Principal
  
  Bench) and New Delhi (Northern Region).
  Provided that the
  
  Bench may, at its discretion, hold its sittings in any other city or town
  
  falling within the region or at any other place outside the region with the
  
  consent of the parties.