THE CIVIL RULf s or PRA CTICE

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h und er sub rul _
( 2) The auth ori t y at te s ting th e v r1 kal at
pres enc e and subeSC(l) sh~,,
·t that it ha s boe n du ly exec. ute d• in his N k rib
cer t I Y 1gnat1on . o va ala th sha ll be <ltt e his
. nAture over his name and. des • d h . •
srg
th e pl ea der's nam e 1s rn serte
t orei n pre v iou s to its exec Os.tllcJ
un less app ea rs to the Person bor ut,on
hen a vaka lath is exe cute d by a party wh o · Oro
·
W ill iter ate , blin d or un acq ua inte d with the I
who m it is exe cute d to be 8
on sha ll c erti fy that th e :nr Qe
h is wri tt en , th e pers 8
in whi ch th e vak alat nt alath
was read , tran slat ed and. exp lain ed in his pres enc e to th e executa , th at h
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, , he ma d e 11 s sign a ture or thumb e
see med to und erst and 1t and thot rn ark in
his pres enc e .
by a pers on in cus tody rn
(3) The exec utio n of a vak alat h be
Hou se Offi cer or othe r offic er in c~Yarge_
au th enti ca ted by th e Jail er, Sta tion

(4) Wh en the execu tan t of Vak alat hn ama is him self a Publ ic Off'icer
. ' . I
d . h .
sign atur e a cou rt m ay ta k e JU 1c1 a no t ice aut ent, cati on of the
or who se
Vak alat h is not necessary .
r .
(5) Every Vak alat h sha ll con tain an end orse men t of the pleade in
. h b shall
as een acc epte d by him . There
wh os e favo ur it is exe cute d tha t 1t service
a stat eme nt of his add ress for
also be end orse d on the Vak alat h by air
the Vak alat h it sha ll be accepted
If more plea ders than one nam ed in .
serv ice may be and any one of them
such plea ders but the add ress for
to enter
28. Change vak alat h. - A plea der prop osin g
of
is
eed ing for a par ty for who m there
appearance in a suit or oth er proc written
do so unle ss he prod uce s the
alre ady a plea der on reco rd, may not ent, he
re such plea der refu ses his cons
con sen t of such plea der, or whe
Cou rt.
obta ins the spe cial per mis sion of the

an d do cu me nts in Court
C. Pre se nta tio n of Pro ce ed ing s
documents. - (1) All
29. Pre sen tati on of Proceedings and
oth er
oran da of app eal, app lica tion s and
plai nts , writ ten stat eme nts , mem same
filed in Cou rt by deli very of the
doc ume nts may be pres ente d to or to the
der or plea der 's regi ster ed clerk
pers ona lly by the part y, his plea orise d in
rt or any offi cer spe cial ly auth
chie f min iste rial offic er of the Cou directs
m. or if the pres idin g offic er so
tha t beh alf, at any time befo re 3 p. l
The said offi cer sha ll at once initia
even afte r 3 p. m. duri ng offi c e hou rs. eedi ngs
of pre sen tatio n , and , if a proc
the pap er end orsi ng ther eon the date
its seri al num ber .
is ther eby inst itute d, noti ng ther eon

ired to be presented to or file~

. ( 2 ) No documen t or proc eed ing requ -
sen t by pos t, tel egram or phonograrn
in Cou rt sha ll be so received or -filed if
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provid ed that in cases where an Offici al Receiver
or other office r
appo inted by any Court does not intend to defen d or
conte st any proce eding
befor e a Court in which he is imple aded in such capac
ity as a party or wishe s
to bring a forma l defec t in the proce eding to the notice
of the Court, he may
inform th e Court accor dingly by a statem ent in writin
g in the form appro -
priate to the proce eding s, and send it to the Court
by post or personaI
messenger .

30 Date stam ping of pape rs . - All papers prese

nted in Court
shall be sealed with the date stamp of the Court
imme diatel y they are
received .

31 . Canc ellati on of stam ps . - ( 1) The chief minis

terial office r
of the Court shall, on receiv ing any docum ent which
is stamped, cancel the
same with his initial s and date and shall also note
on the top of the
docum ent the total value of the sta.mp the docum ent
bears .
(2) All Court -fee stamps, wheth er impressed or
in the form of
!ables, in every docum ent received by the Court , shall
be cance lled in the
imme diate presence of the chief minis terial office
r, by punch ing out the
insign ia of the State in the stamps in such manner
as to leave the amou nt
desig nated on the stamp s untou ched .

32. Curin g of defec ts. - Any plaint , petItI on, memo

randum of
appeal or other proce eding s which is insuff icient ly
stamped or under value d
or which requires any amen dmen t to confo rm to the
procedure or practi ce of
the court shall be return ed for being re-pre sente d
within a period of not
excee ding 15 days of the order , after curing the defec
ts; or the pleader or
the party_may be requir ed to cure the defec ts within
a perio d not exceeding
15 days of the order .
D. Pos ting of Cas es
33. Posti ng of cases. - (1) The postin g of cases
shall be to
defin ite dates and shall be made in open Court . Unles
s the Judge other wise
order s , every case shall be called on the day and in
its order on the file of
the Court .

(2) If the presid ing office r is absent on any day

the dates to
which cases poste d for that day are adjou rned shall
be notifi ed on the notice
board of the Cour t over the signa ture of the chief
minis terial office r under

atten ds the Court .

.
the order s of the presid ing office r on the next day
on which the latter

(3) The numb er of cases poste d for a day shoul d

not exceed what
can reaso nably be expec ted to be taken up on that
day after makin g due
allow ance for unavo idable adjou rnme nts.
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E. Ad jou rnm en ts
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34. Adj our nm ent s be to a day cer tain shaI1
ll be fixe d with d All adJournmen ts
be ~o a d ay ce rtai n and th e day sha con -
ines s- of th e Cou rt. ue rega rd to the
ve nr enc e of t h e par ties ond the bus
off
be adj our ned sin e die or stru ck
the fi le.3 5 . 1 Pro cee ~in gs not to
ding shal l, und er any circ um-
st ( ) N o surt , ap_pea l, mat ter or pro cee if by
sine die or stru ck off the file, and
. anc es wha t ev er, be ad1 ourn ed Cou rt
furt her hea ring is not fixe d by the
inad v ert e,~ce a day cer tain for t h e and
off the file, the cas e sha ll be pos ted
or a cas e s ord ere d to be stru ck
1
the
t pos sibl e dela y, afte r not ifyin g on
take n up for h ea ring , with the leas ing
ce to the plea ders , if any , app ear
~ou rt' s no tice boa rd and givi ng noti
rn the cas e :
n in whi ch a prel imin ary dec ree
Pro vide d tha t in a suit for par titio rty
urn the pro cee ding s sine die, with libe
ha s bee n pas sed , the Cou rt may adjo app ly tor the
res hav e bee n allo tted to
t o any of the par ties to who m sha
pas sing of a fina l dec ree.
ed from time to time to cert ain
(2) All stay ed cas es sha ll be adjo urn t the
ll per son ally sati sfy them selv es tha
date s and the pre sidi ng offi cer s sha
y adjo urn the case s.
sta y is in ope rati on eac h time the
to day . - As far as pos sibl e
36. Cas es to be hea rd fro m day day .
ced , are to be hea rd from day to
suit s or pro cee ding s, whe n com men sho uld
if pos sibl e but whe n una void able ,
Adj our nme nts sho uld be avo ided
of the day as pos ~ibl e.
be ord ere d as ear ly in the cou rse
ept whe re an adjo urn men t is
37. Cos ts of adj our nm ent . - Exc s of
ties , or is nec ess itate d by the bus ines
gra nte d with the con sen t of all par iring
of any oth er par ty, the par ty des
t he Cou rt, or by the act or def ault g the
to pay the cos ts ther eof incl udin
an adjo urn men t sha ll be ord ere d der
ess es, if any , and the fee of the plea
exp ens es of re-s umm onin g the witn
of the oth er par ty.
38. Adv anc em ent of hea ring . -An
y par ty who des ires tha t the
, of
the refo r by inte rloc uto ry app lica tion
hea ring be adv anc ed, may app ly
oth er par ty.
whi ch noti ce sha ll be give n to the
F. Int erl oc uto ry Pro ce ed ing s
tion s:- Inte rloc uto ry app lica -
39. For m of inte rro cut ory app lica e a
eal or oth er pro cee ding s sha ll hav
tion s in plai nt, orig inal pet ition , app 13.
in the man ner as sho wn in form No
cau se title whi ch may be dra wn up
NOTE
Sub stitu ted by Not ifica tion No. 01 -38 250 /73 date d 30- 3- 76
6.
pub lish ed in K. G. No 17 Dat ed 27- 4-7
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. 40 . Conte nts th f E
1 ul es,or by any law fo thereo t'
. - xc ept where othe rwise provided by these
b . .
sh a II state on ly the ord r e ,m_ d
e emg m force an interlo cutory applic ation
f acts or argum ents . er pr aye f or, an d shal I not contain any statement of

41 . _No~i ce .- Unl ess t he court otherw ise orders, notice of an

inter-
locuto ry _a ppl1cat1on sha ll be given to the other partie s in
the suit or matter
o r to the_,r pl eaders , not l ess than th ree days before th e
day appointed for
th e hearin g of the applic ation .

42 . Evide nce by affida vit. - Any fact required to be proved

in an
interlo cutory procee ding shall, unless otherw ise provided
by th ese rules, or
ordere d by the Court, be prove d by affida vit; but the Judge
may, in any case
direct evidence to be given orally ; and thereupon the
evidence sh al I be
rec orded , and the exhibi ts marked in the same manner as
. in a Suit and lists
of the witnes ses and the exhibi ts shall be prepared and annex
ed to the orde r.

G. Affid avits

43. Form of affida vit.-E very affida vit shall be drawn up

in the
first person and be divide d into paragraphs numbered conse
cutiver y; and
each parag raph as may be, shall be confin ed to a distinc
t portio n of the
subjec t matte r.

. 44. Conte nts of affida vit. - Every affida vit shall state
the full
name, age, descri ption and place of abode of the depon
ent, and shall be
signed or marked by him. Where the affida vit covers more than one
page, the depon ent shall sign every page. The description
shall include
the father 's or karnav an's or husband's or mothe r's name
and such other
partic ulars as may be necessary to identi fy the person .

45. Altera tions , Erasures, etc. - Altera tions , erasures and

in terline ations shall , before an affida vit is sworn or affirme
d, be authe nti -
cated by the person before whom the affida vit is signed
, and no affida vit
having therei n any altera tion, erasure or interlin eation not
so authe nticate d ,
shall, excep t wi t h the leave of the Court , be filed
or made use of in
any matte r.

46 . Persons authe nticat ing affida vits. - Affida vits

may be
sworn or affirm ed before any judicia l office r, a Distric t
Regist rar or Sub
Registrar, the chief minist erial office r of any civil or crimin
al court in the
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n t or of th I.. ,
Stat o o'f Karola , o mom hor of Potl iamo o flg1olaturo of any St:.itr:
ut lvo Auth o 't.
in Indi o. th o Clrn irma n or Exec ''
Y or a morn bor of 8rty Mu ,
a
c
f) 1 ounc, I.'
c
orporo tion or oth er loca l Auth ority in ln<Ji " n_1c,
tl G a, a gaze ttud off1l'!er
in the sorv ,ce of th a Centra
l Go vornment
or rlO ovo mm'1nt of :Jny St
• · d' th o OfJfonco Forcen of Ind ia , orarr,a
m In ,a, a com m issio ned offico r in
plea der

Th o person before V✓hom an

. . ~7 . Mod e of auth enti cati on . ..
th o date on wh ich, an d the place
affidavit 1s swo rn_ or affir me d shall s tato
und er hi s nam e an d desi gna tion at th':
wh ere t!,e same 1s made, and si gn
end as in Form No. 14 .
ere an affid avit is svvorn
48 . Blind or illit era te deponent, - Wh
ars to th e person auth enti cating the
o r affirmed by any person who appe
cqua inte d with the languag e in wh ich
affid avit to be illite rate , blin d or una
auth enti cati ng shall ce rtify that the
the affid avit is writ ten, the person
slate d by him or in his presence to
affid av it was read , exp laine d or tran
ed to understand it, and made his
th e dep one nt, that the dep one nt seem
of the person auth enti catin g as in
sig natu re or mark in the presence
Form No . 15.
(1) If the deponen t of
49. ( 1) Iden tific atio n of deponent:
auth enti cati ng the same, the identity
an affid avit is not kno wn to the person
test ified by any person known to him
of the dep one nt shall be caused to be
of the dep one nt in token ther eof.
wh o shall atte st the sign atur e or mark
shin lady she shall be ident i-
(2) Where the dep one nt is a pardana
wn and that person shall verify the
fi ed by a person to who m she is kno
iden tific ation by a separate affid avit .
dav its. - Documents men -
50, Doc ume nts refe rred to in affi
shall be referred to as exhibi ts and
tioned in and accompanying an affid avit
exh ibits adm itted by the Court and
sh all be marked in the same manner as
16 signed by the person before whom
sh all bea r a cert ifica te as in Form No.
t he affid avit is swo rn or affir med .
y affid avit stat ing any matter
51. Affi dav it stat ing opinion. - Ever
of the dep one nt to express such
of opin ion sha ll sho w the qua lifica tion
experience, acquaintance with th e
opinion, by reference to the length of
ion is expressed or othe r means Of
person or mat ter as to whic h the opin
kno w ledge of the deponent.
52. Affi dav it on info rma tion or beli
ef, ·- Every affid avit shall
clearly express how much is a statement
of the dep one nt's kno wled ge and
as in Form No. 17. The grounds Of
ho w much is a stat eme nt of his belie f,
part icula rity to enable the Cou rt to
belie f mus t be state d with suff icien t
the dep one nt's beli ef.
ju dge whether it wou ld be safe to act on

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53 . Fifing o f a ff idavits in Court. - Except with the leave of

the Court, no affi d avit which has not b een given to the oppos i te si de at
least 3 days before the hearing sha ll be used in any matter.

54. Cross examinati o n of depo nent. - The Court may at any

t ime direct that any person sha ll att end to be cress exami ned on his
affi davit.

55 . Counter affidavits. - The parties t o w hom copies of affidavits

have been g iv e n shall be entitled to file coun ter affi davits, copies of
which sha ll b e g i v en to the opposite parties, who may if they choose, file
further affidavi ts in reply; but except with the leave of th e Cou rt, no further
.affidavi ts shall be filed .

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