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CPC - Important Topics, Sections and Orders
CPC - Important Topics, Sections and Orders
Important Sections
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 6 – Pecuniary Jurisdiction
Section 9 – Courts to try all civil suits unless barred
Section 10. Stay of suit.
Section 11. Res-judicata
Section 12. Bar to further suit
Section 13. When foreign judgment not conclusive.
Section 14. Presumption as to foreign judgments.
Section 15. Court in which suits to be instituted.
Section 16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate.
Section 17. Suits for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of
different Courts.
Section 18. Place of institution of suit where local limits of jurisdiction of
Courts are uncertain.
Section 19. Suits for compensation for wrongs to person or movable.
Section 20. Other suits to be instituted where defendants reside or cause of
action arises.
Section 21. Objections to jurisdiction.
Section 21A. Bar on suit to set aside decree on objection as to place of
suing.
Section 22. Power to transfer suits which may be instituted in more than one
Court.
Section 23. To what Court application lies.
Section 24. General power of transfer and withdrawal.
Section 25. Power of Supreme Court to transfer suits, etc.
Section 26. Institution of suits.
Section 27. Summons to defendants.
Section 28. Service of summons where defendant resides in another State.
Section 29. Service of foreign summonses.
Section 30. Power to order discovery and the like.
Rule 1. Summons.
Rule 3. Court may order defendant or plaintiff to appear in person.
Rule 9. Delivery or transmission of summons for service.
Rule 9A. Summons given to the plaintiff for service.
Rule 15. Where service may be on an adult member of defendant’s family.
Rule 17. Procedure when defendant refuses to accept service, or cannot be
found.
Rule 20. Substituted service.
Rule 24. Service on defendant in prison.
Rule 28. Service on soldiers, sailors or airmen.
Rule 30. Substitution of letter for summons.
Rule 1. Pleading.
Rule 2. Pleading to state material facts and not evidence.
Rule 3. Forms of pleading.
Rule 16. Striking out pleadings.
Rule 17. Amendment of pleadings.
Rule 18. Failure to amend after order.
Order 7 – PLAINT
Rule 1. Procedure.