SUMMARY PROCEDURE

ORDER XXXVII of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – SUMMARY PROCEDURE 1. Courts and classes of suits to which the Order is to apply. (1) This Order shall apply to the following Court, namely- (a) High Courts, City Civil Courts and Courts of Small Causes; and (b) other Courts; Provided thatRead…

APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS

ORDER XL of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS. 1. Appointment of receivers. (1) Where it appears to the Court to be just and convenient, the Court may by order- (a) appointment a receiver of any property, whether before or after decree; (b) remove any person from theRead…

APPEALS FROM ORDERS

ORDER XLIII of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – APPEALS FROM ORDERS 1. Appeal from orders. An appeal shall lie from the following orders under the provisions of section 104, namely- (a) an order under rule 10 of Order VII returning a plaint to be presented to the proper Court [exceptRead…

APPEALS BY INDIGENT PERSONS

ORDER XLIV of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – APPEALS BY INDIGENT PERSONS 1. Who may appeal as an indigent person. Any person entitled to prefer an appeal, who is unable to pay the fee required for the memorandum of appeal, may present an application accompanied by a memorandum of appeal,Read…

APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT

ORDER XLV of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT 1. “Decree” defined. In this Order, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, the expression “decree” shall include a final order. 2. Application to Court whose complained of. (1) Whoever desires to appeal theRead…

REFERENCE

ORDER 46 of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – REFERENCE. 1. Reference of question to High Court. Where, before or on the hearing of a suit or an appeal in which the decree is not subject to appeal, or where, in the execution of any such decree, any question of lawRead…

REVIEW

ORDER XLVII of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – REVIEW. 1. Application for review of judgment. (1) Any person considering himself aggrieved- (a) by a decree or order from which an appeal is allowed, but from which no appeal has been preferred, (b) by a decree or order from which noRead…

MISCELLANEOUS

ORDER XLVIII of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – MISCELLANEOUS. 1. Process to be served at expense of party issuing. (1) Every process issued under this Code shall be served at the expense of the party on whose behalf it is issued, unless the Court otherwise directs. (2) Costs of service-Read…

CHARTERED HIGH COURTS

ORDER XLIX of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – CHARTERED HIGH COURTS. 1. Who may serve processes of High Court. Notice to produce documents, summonses to witnesses, and every other judicial process, issued in the exercise of the original civil jurisdiction of the High Court, and of its matrimonial, testamentary andRead…

PROVINCIAL SMALL CAUSE COURTS

ORDER L of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE (CPC) – PROVINCIAL SMALL CAUSE COURTS. 1. Provincial Small Cause Courts. The provisions hereinafter specified shall not extend to Courts constituted under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 (9 of 1887) or under the Berar Small Cause Courts Law, 1905 or to CourtsRead…

Motto of Indian Evidence Act

The passing of The Indian Evidence Act in 1872 was a ground breaking step. It was to change the entire working of courts as far as admissibility of evidence was concerned in our Indian courts.
Prior to the introduction of this act,
the rules of admissibility of evidence in our Indian courts were based on traditional systems. Different caste, community, social group had their own way of providing/submitting evidence in the court. The submission of evidence was hugely based on faith of a person, his social position and status in society, his community etc.
In short there was no uniform method.Read…