ORDER III – RECOGNISED AGENTS AND PLEADERS 1. Appearances, etc, may be in person, by recognised agent or by pleader. Any appearance, application or act in or to any Court, required or authorised by law to be made or done by a party in such Court, may, except where otherwiseRead…
2. Recognised agent. The recognised agent of parties by whom such appearances, applications and acts may be made or done are- (a) persons holding powers-of-attorney, authorising them to make and do such appearances, applications and acts on behalf of such parties; (b) persons carrying on trade or business for andRead…
3. Service of process on recognised agent. (1) Process served on the recognised agent of a party shall be as effectual as if the same had been served on the party in person, unless the Court otherwise directs. (2) The provisions for the service of process on a party toRead…
4. Appointment of pleader. (1) No pleader shall act for any person in any Court, unless he has been appointed for the purpose by such person by a document in writing signed by such person or by his recognised agent or by some other person duly authorised by or underRead…
5. Service of process on pleader. Any process served on the pleader who has been duly appointed to act in Court for any party or left at the office or ordinary residence of such pleader, and whether the same is for the personal appearance of the party or not, shallRead…
6. Agent to accept service. (1) Besides the recognised agents described in rule 2 any person residing within the jurisdiction of the Court may be appointed an agent to accept service of process. (2) Appointment to be in writing and to be filed in Court— Such appointment may be specialRead…
ORDER IV – INSTITUTION OF SUITS 1. Suit to be commenced by plaint. (1) Every suit shall be instituted by presenting a plaint to the Court or such officer as it appoints in this behalf. (2) Every plaint shall comply with the rules contained in Orders VI and VII, soRead…
2. Register of suits. The Court shall cause the particulars of every suit to be entered in a book to be kept for the purposes and called the resister of civil suits. Such entries shall be numbered in every year according to the order in which the plaints are admitted. Read…
ORDER IVA – CONSOLIDATION OF CASES 1. Consolidation of suits and proceedings. When two or more suits or proceedings are pending in the same Court, and the Court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interest of justice, it may by order direct their joint trial, where uponRead…
ORDER V – ISSUE AND SERVICE OF SUMMONS Issue of Summons 1. Summons. (1) When a suit has been duly instituted a summons may be issued to the defendant to appear and answer the claim on a day to be therein specified: Provided that no such summons shall be issued whenRead…
2. Copy or statement annexed to summons. Every summons shall be accompanied by a copy of the plaint or, if so permitted, by a concise statement. Read CPC in a better and systematic way. Download beautiful, colourful CPC PDF.Read…
4. No party to be ordered to appear in person unless resident with certain limits. No party shall be ordered to appear in person unless he resides- (a) within the local limits of the Court’s ordinary original jurisdiction, or (b) without such limits but at place less than fifty orRead…
5. Summons to be either to settle issues or for final disposal. The Court shall determine, at the time of issuing the summons, whether it shall be for the settlement of issues only, or for the final disposal of the suit; and the summons shall contain a direction accordingly: ProvidedRead…
6. Fixing day for appearance of defendant. The day for the appearance of the defendant shall be fixed with reference to the current business of the Court, the place of residence of the defendant and the time necessary for the service of the summons; and the day shall be soRead…
7. Summons to order defendant to produce documents relied on by him. The summons to appeal and answer shall order the defendant to produce all documents in his possession or power upon which he intends to rely in support of his case. Read CPC in a better and systematic way.Read…
8. On issue of summons for final disposal, defendant to be directed to produce his witnesses. Where the summons is for the final disposal of the suit, it shall also direct the defendant to produce, on the day fixed for his appearance, all witnesses upon whose evidence he intends toRead…
