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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1908

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 79

Suits by or Against Government

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 79 is part of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Suits by or Against Government. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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¹[79. Suits by or against Government

In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, at the case may be, shall be-

(a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government,²[the Union of India], and

(b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]

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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1948, for section 79.

2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Dominion of India."

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