ORDER XXXIII – SUITS BY INDIGENT PERSONS 1. Suits may be instituted by indigent person. Subject to the following provisions, any suit may be institutedRead More →

1A. Inquiry into the means of an indigent person. Every inquiry into the question whether or not a person is an indigent person shall beRead More →

2. Contents of application. Every application for permission to sue as an indigent person shall contain the particulars required in regard to plaints in suits:Read More →

3. Presentation of application. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the application shall be presented to the Court by the applicant in person, unless heRead More →

4. Examination of applicant. (1) Where the application is in proper form and duly presented, the Court may, if it thinks fit, examine the applicant,Read More →

5. Rejection of application. The Court shall reject an application for permission to sue as an indigent person- (a) where it is not framed andRead More →

6. Notice of day for receiving evidence of applicant’s indigency. Where the Court sees no reason to reject the application on any of the groundsRead More →

7. Procedure at hearing. (1) On the day so fixed or as soon thereafter as may be convenient the Court shall examine the witnesses (ifRead More →

8. Procedure if application admitted. Where the application is granted, it shall be numbered and registered, and shall be deemed the plaint in the suit,Read More →

9. Withdrawal of permission to sue as an indigent person. The Court may, on the application of the defendant, or of the Government pleader, ofRead More →

9A. Court to assign a pleader to an unrepresented indigent person. (1) Where a person, who is permitted to sue as an indigent person, isRead More →

10. Costs were indigent person succeeds. Where the plaintiff succeeds in the suit, the Court shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have beenRead More →

11. Procedure where indigent person fails. Where the plaintiff fails in the suit or the permission granted to him to sue as an indigent personRead More →

11A. Procedure where indigent persons suit abates. Where the suit abates by reason of the death of the plaintiff or of any person added asRead More →

12. State Government may apply for payment of court-fees. The State Government shall have the right at any time to apply to the Court toRead More →

13. State Government to be deemed a party. All matters arising between the State Government and any party to the suit under rule 10, ruleRead More →