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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 20

Title: Other Suits to Beinstituted Where Defendants Reside or Cause of Action Arises

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....A resides at Simla, B at Calcutta and C at Delhi, A, B and C being together at Benaras, B and C make a joint promissory note payable on demand, and deliver it to A. A may sue B and C at Benaras, where the cause of action arose. He may also sue them at Calcutta, where B resides, or at Delhi, where C resides; but in each of these cases, if the non-resident defendant objects, the suit cannot proceed without the leave of the Court. __________________ 1. Explanation I omitted by Act 104 of 1976, section 7 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 7(ii), for Explanation II (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Substituted by Act 2 of 1951, section 3, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970). Explanation II : For the purposes of this section, a transaction is a commercial transaction, if it is connected with the industry, trade or business of the party incurring the liability.] (2) Where such a decree is silent with respect to the payment of further interest on such principal sum] from the date of the decree to the date of payment or other earlier date, the court shall be deemed to have refused such interest, and a separate suit therefor shall not lie. SECTION 35: COSTS (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the costs of and incident to all suits shall be in the discretion of the court, and the court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what property and to what extent such costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary directions for the purposes aforesaid. The fact that the court has no jurisdiction to try the suit shall be no bar to the exercise of such powers. (2) Where the court directs that any costs shall not follow the event, the court shall state its reasons in.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 7

Title: Frame of Suit

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....that the joinder of causes of action in one suit may embarrass or delay the trial or is otherwise inconvenient, the Court may order separate trials or make such other order as may be expedient in the interests of justice.] 7 . Objections as to misjoinder All objections on the ground of misjoinder of causes of action shall be taken at the earliest possible opportunity and, in all cases where issues are settled, at or before such settlement unless the ground of objection has subsequently arisen, and any such objection not so taken shall be deemed to have been waived. _____________________ 1. Substituted Act by 104 of 1976, section 53, for rule 6 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Part I

Title: Suits in General

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....B anking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 ( 5 of 1970 ). Explanation II .--For the purposes of this section, a transaction is a commercial transaction, if it is connected with the industry, trade or business of the party incurring the liability.] ( 2 ) Where such a decree is silent with respect to the payment of further interest3[on such principal sum] from the date of the decree to the date of payment or other earlier date, the Court shall be deemed to have refused such interest, and a separate suit therefor shall not lie. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 66 of 1956, section 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 2. Added by Act 104 of 1976, section 13 (w.e.f. 1-7-1977). 3. Substituted by Act 66 of 1956, section 2, for "on such aggregate sum as aforesaid" (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). Section 35 to 35B - Costs Section 35 - Costs (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the costs of and incident to all suits shall be in the discretion of the Court, and the Court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what property and to what.....

The Madras Estates Land Act, 1908 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1908

THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, Commencement, Local extent This Act may be called the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908: It shall come into force on the first day of July 1908: and it shall extend to the whole of the Presidency of Madras except the Presidency Town, the district of Malabar and the portion of the Nilgiri district known as the South East Wynaad. Section 2 - Repeal Madras Acts VIII of 1865 and II of 1871 and section 7 of Madras Act.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 13

Title: Plaint

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....is a minor or a person of unsound mind, a statement to that effect; (e) the facts constituting the cause of action and when it arose; (f) the facts showing that the Court has jurisdiction ; (g) the relief which the plaintiff claims; (h) where the plaintiff has allowed a set-off or relinquished a portion of his claim, the amount so allowed or relinquished ; and (i) a statement of the value of the subject-matter of the suit for the purposes of jurisdiction and of court-fees, so far as the case admits. 2. In money suits Where the plaintiff seeks the recovery of money, the plaint shall state the precise amount claimed: But where the plaintiff sues for mesne profits, or for an amount which will be found due to him on taking unsettled accounts between him and the defendant, 1 [or for movables in the possession of the defendant, or for debts of which the value he cannot, after the exercise of reasonable diligence, estimate, the plaint shall state approximately the amount or value sued for]. 3. Where the subject-matter of the suit is immovable property Where the subject-matter of the suit is immovable property, the plaint shall contain a description of the.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Part IV

Title: Suits in Particular Cases

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....prosecute or defend any suit on behalf of such Ruler, and any persons so appointed shall be deemed to be the recognized agents by whom appearances, acts and applications under this Code may be made or done on behalf of such Ruler. (2) An appointment under this section may be made for the purpose of a specified suit or of several specified suits, or for the purpose of all such suits as it may from time to time be necessary to prosecute or defend on behalf of such Ruler. (3) A person appointed under this section may authorise or appoint any other persons to make appearances and applications and do acts in any such suit or suits as if he were himself a party thereto. Section 86 - Suits against foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys (1) No 1 [***] foreign State may be sued in any Court otherwise competent to try the suit except with the consent of the Central Government certified in writing by a Secretary to that Government: Provided that a person may, as a tenant of immovable property, sue without such consent as aforesaid 2[a foreign State] from whom he holds or claims to hold the property. (2) Such consent may be given with respect to a specified suit or to several.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 12

Title: Death, Marriage and Insolvency of Parties

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....within the period specified in the said Act, the Court shall, in considering the application under the said section 5, have due regard to the fact of such ignorance, if proved.] 2[4A. Procedure where there is no legal representative (1) If, in any suit, it shall appear to the Court that any party who has died during the pendency of the suit has no legal representative, the Court may, on the application of any party to the suit, proceed in the absence of a person representing the estate of the deceased person, or may by order appoint the Administrator-General, or an officer of the Court or such other person as it thinks fit to represent the estate of the deceased person for the purpose of the suit; and any judgment or order subsequently given or made in the suit shall bind the estate of the deceased person to the same extent as he would have been bound if a personal representative of the deceased person had been a party to the suit. (2) Before making an order under this rule, the Court-- (a) may require notice of the application for the order to be given to such (if any) of the persons having an interest in the estate of the deceased person as it thinks fit; and .....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 23

Title: Discovery and Inspection

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....to minors This Order shall apply to minor plaintiffs and defendants, and to the next friends and guardians for the suit of persons under disability. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 46 of 1999, sec. 21(i) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 61(ii), for "or on any other ground" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Substituted by Act 46 of 1999, sec. 21(ii), for "at any time" (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 4. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976 section 61(ii) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 5. Rule 21 renumbered as sub-rule (1) of that rule by Act 104 of 1976, section 61(iv) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 6. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 61(iv)(a), for "an order may be made accordingly" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 7. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 61(iv)(b) (w.e.f. 01.02.1977).

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Appendix A

Title: Pleadings

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....the matters in respect of which particulars have been ordered) deliveredpursuant to the order of ..... the .....of ..... (Hereset out the particulars ordered in paragraphs, if necessary.) ___________________ 1. Substituted by A.O. 1950, for "The Secretary of State or the Federation of India or the Province of............, as the case maybe." 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 93, for paragraph 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Not applicable where suit is instituted by the Advocate-General. 4. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976 section 93, for "a decree for the balance" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 5. Added by Act 104 of 1976, section 93 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 6. See now the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963). 7. See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925).