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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Section 87B

APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 85 AND 86 TO RULERS OF FORMER INDIAN STATES

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Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Section 87B is part of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 85 AND 86 TO RULERS OF FORMER INDIAN STATES. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) In the case of any suit by or against the Ruler of any former Indian State which is based wholly or in part upon a cause of action which arose before the commencement of the constitution or any proceeding arising out of such suit, the provisions of section 85 and sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 86 shall apply in relation to such Ruler as they apply in relation to the Ruler of a foreign State.

(2) In this section--

(a) "former Indian State" means any such Indian State as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify for the purposes of this section, (b) "commencement of the Constitution" means the 26th day of January, 1950; and (c) "Ruler", in relation to a former Indian State, has the same meaning as in article 363 of the Constitution. INTERPLEADER

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