11. Rejection of plaint. The plaint shall be rejected in the following cases- (a) where it does not disclose a cause of action; (b) where the relief claimed is undervalued, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed byKEEP READING
3. Procedure in case of death of one of several plaintiffs or of sole plaintiff. (1) Where one of two or more plaintiffs dies and the right to sue does not survive to the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs alone, or a sole plaintiff or sole surviving plaintiff dies and theKEEP READING
20. Substituted service. (1) Where the Court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service, or that for any other reason the summons cannot be served in the ordinary way, the Court shall order theKEEP READING
27. Production of Additional Evidence in Appellate Court. (1) The parties to an appeal shall not be entitled to produce additional evidence, whether oral or documentary, in the Appellate Court, But if- (a) the Court from whose decree the appeal is preferred has refused to admit evidence which ought toKEEP READING
7. Procedure where defendant appears on day of adjourned hearing and assigns good cause for previous non-appearance. Where the Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit ex-parte and the defendant, at or before such hearing, appears and assigns good cause for his previous non-appearance, he may, upon such termsKEEP READING
6. Judgment on admissions. (1) Where admissions of fact have been made either in the pleading or otherwise, whether orally or in writing, the Court may at any stage of the suit, either on the application of any party or of its own motion and without waiting for the determinationKEEP READING
9. Decree against plaintiff by default bars fresh suit. (1) Where a suit is wholly or partly dismissed under rule 8, the plaintiff shall be precluded from bringing a fresh suit in respect of the same cause of action. But he may apply for an order to set the dismissalKEEP READING
Section 115 CPC – Revision. (1) The High Court may call for the record of a case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to such High Court and in which no appeal lies thereto, and if such subordinate Court appears- (a) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested inKEEP READING
Section 114 CPC – Review. Subject as aforesaid, any person considering himself aggrieved- (a) by a decree or order from which an appeal is allowed by this Code, but from which no appeal has been preferred, (b) by a decree or order from which no appeal is allowed by thisKEEP READING
PART VIII (113-115) – REFERENCE, REVIEW, AND REVISION Section 113 CPC – Reference to High Court. Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, any Court may state a case and refer the same for the opinion of the High Court, and the High Court may make suchKEEP READING
Order 10, Rule 1C CPC 1C. Appearance before the Court consequent to the failure of efforts of conciliation. Where a suit is referred under rule 1A and the presiding officer of conciliation forum or authority is satisfied that it would not be proper in the interest of justice to proceedKEEP READING
Order 10, Rule 1B CPC 1B. Appearance before the conciliatory forum or authority. Where a suit is referred under rule 1A, the parties shall appear before such forum or authority for conciliation of the suit. Read CPC in a better and systematic way. Download beautiful, colourful CPC PDF.KEEP READING
Order 10, Rule 1A CPC 1A. Direction of the court to opt for any one mode of alternative dispute resolution. After recording the admissions and denials, the Court shall direct the parties to the suit to opt either mode of the settlement outside the court as specified in sub-section (1)KEEP READING
Order 8, Rule 1A 1A. Duty of defendant to produce documents upon which relief is claimed or relied upon by him. (1) Where the defendant bases his defence upon a document or relies upon any document in his possession or power, in support of his defence or claim for setKEEP READING
Order 5, Rule 9A CPC 9A. Summons given to the plaintiff for service. (1) The Court may, in addition to the service of summons under Rule 9, on the application of the plaintiff for the issue of a summons for the appearance of the defendant, permit such plaintiff to effectKEEP READING
PRELIMINARY (1-8) Section 1. Short title, commencement and extent. (1) This Act may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909. (3) It extends to the whole of India except- (a) the State of Jammu andKEEP READING
