Annexure ‘CD – 01’

FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM

Course Title: Course Title: Code of Civil Procedure

Course Code: LAW 314 L T P SW PSDA TOTAL
Credit Units: 4 CREDI
Level: UG T
UNITS

3 - - 2 1 4

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Module I: Significant Terms and Definitions 25
Definitions: Decree, Judgment, Order, Foreign Court, Foreign Judgment, Mesne Profits, Affidavit, Suit, Plaint, Written
Statement, Suits of civil nature; Important Concepts: Res Sub-Judice, Resjudicata, Restitution, Caveat, Inherent powers
of courts, Reference, Review and Revision.

Concept of limitation in Civil Suits.

Module II -Initial Steps for Institution of Civil Proceedings 25

Jurisdiction and place of suing; Institution of suit, cause of action, joinder, non-joinder and mis-joinder of parties;
Summons; Pleadings: Meaning, object, General rules, Amendment of pleadings; Plaint and Written Statement:
Particulars, set off and counter claim; Admission return and rejection; Discovery, Inspection and production of
documents; Appearance and non-appearance of parties, ex-parte proceedings; First hearing: Meaning, object, framing of
issues, omission to frame issues, disposal of suit in the first hearing; Trial: Summoning and attendance of witnesses,
summons to produce documents, adjournment, hearing of suit.

Module III Execution of Decree and Interim Orders 25

Interim Orders - Commissions- O-26, Arrest before judgment-0-38, Attachment before judgment, Temporary
Injunctions, Interlocutory orders, Receiver, Security of costs. Appeal, Execution of Decrees.

Module IV Special Suits 25

Suits by or against Government, Suits by Indigent persons, Interpleader Suit, Summary Procedure, Suits relating to
public nuisance. ‘Suits by or against minors’

TEXT

 Mulla’s Code of Civil Procedure, Universal, Delhi

 • C.K. Thakkar’s (Takwani) Code of Civil Procedure
• Majumdar, P.K. and Kataria, R.P., Commentary on the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, universal, Delhi.
• AIR Manuals
• Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Amendment) Act, 22 of 2002
• M.R. Mallick, B.B. Mitra The Limitation Act,, 1963 (22nd ed., 2011)
• K. Shanmukham, Sanjiva Row’s The Limitation Act (9th ed., 2000)

LIST OF CASES

1. Gundaji Satwaji Shinde v. Ram Chandra Bhikaji Joshi, AIR 1979 SC 653
2. C.A. Balakrishnan v. Commissioner Corporation of Madras, AIR 2003 Mad. 170
3. Chunilal V. Mehta v. Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., AIR 1962 SC1314
4. Gill & Co. v. Bimla Kumari, 1986 RLR 370
5. Haridas Das v. Smt. Usha Rani Banik, 2006 (3) SCALE 287
6. Mahant Ram Dass v. Mahant Ganga Dass, AIR 1961 S.C. 882
7. Jai Jai Ram Manohar Lal v. National Building Material Supply Co., AIR 1969 S.C. 1267
8. M/s Ganesh Trading Co. v. Moji Ram, AIR 1978 SC 484
9. Dalip Kaur v. Major Singh, AIR 1996 P & H 107
10. B.K. Narayana Pillai v. Parameswaran Pillai, (2000) 1 SCC 712
11. Saleem Bhai v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2003 SC 759
12. Sangram Singh v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1955 SC 425
13. Bhanu Kumar Jain v. Archana Kumar, AIR 2005 SC 626
14. Santosh Kumar v. Bhai Mool Singh, AIR 1958 S.C. 321
15. ONGC Ltd. v. State Bank of India, AIR 2000 SC 2548
16. Monohar Lal v. Seth Hira Lal AIR 1962 SC 527
17. Dalpat Kaur v. Prahlad Singh, AIR 1993 SC 276
18. R.B. Policies At Lloyd’s v. Butler (1949) 2 All ER 226
19. Union of India v. West Coast Paper Mills Ltd. AIR 2004 SC 1596 127
20. Punjab National Bank v. Surendra Prasad Sinha, AIR 1992 SC 1815

NOTE: The cases above are not exhaustive.