First published in 1900, Sir Dinshaw Fardunji Mulla?s imposing work on the Code of Civil Procedure has withstood the test of time and served the legal profession and everyone associated with it for the last several decades. Its popularity has remained undimmed due to the high standards it has come to represent. The present edition will be an indispensable source of reference to the legal practitioners and the judiciary alike.
Key Highlights * Includes the latest cases, legislative amendments and current developments in the law relating to civil procedure in India * Changes made by the Amending Acts of 1999 and 2002 have been critically analysed through the latest case law * Analyses the impact of important judicial pronouncements on civil procedure * Covers comprehensive and lucid explanation of complex issues * Contains the full text of the Letters patent of various High Courts * Detailed synopses is provided for easy navigation and reference * The object, principle and meaning of the sections and orders of the Code are explained and analysed in the light of important judgments pronounced by the Supreme Court and the various High Courts * Contains a comprehensive subject index
Table of Contents Volume 1 * Part I Suits in general Jurisdiction of the Courts and Res Judicata * Part II Execution * Part III Incidental proceedings * Part IV Suits in Particular Cases * Part V Special Proceedings * Part VI Supplemental Proceedings * Part VII Appeals * Part VIII Reference, Review and Revision * Part IX Special Provisions Relating to the High Courts not being the Court of a Judicial Commissioner * Part X Rules * Part XI Miscellaneous * Part XIII Restrictions on Holding Office or Place of Profit
Volume 2 * Order 1 Parties to suits * Order 2 Frame of Suits * Order 3 Recognised Agents and Pleaders * Order 4 Institution of Suits * Order 4A State Amendment * Order 5 Issue and Service of Summons * Order 6 Pleadings Generally * Order 7 Plaint * Order 8 Written Statement, Set-off and Counter-claim * Order 9 Appearance of Parties and Consequence of Non-Appearance * Order 10 Examination of Parties by the Court * Order 11 Discovery and Inspection * Order 12 Admissions * Order 13 Production, Impounding and Return of Documents * Order 14 Settlement of Issues and Determination of Suit on Issues of Law or on Issues Agreed Upon * Order 15 Disposal of the Suit at the First Hearing * Order 16 Summoning and Attendance of Witnesses * Order 16A Attendance of Witnesses Confined or Detained in Prisons * Order 17 Adjournments * Order 18 Hearing of the Suit and Examination of Witnesses * Order 19 Affidavits * Order 20 Judgment and Decree * Order 20A Costs * Order 21 Execution of Decrees and Orders * Order 22 Death, Marriage and Insolvency of Parties * Processing and Patience
Volume 3 * Order 23 Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits * Order 24 Payment into Court * Order 25 Security for Costs * Order 26 Commissions * Order 27 Suits by or against the Government or Public Officers in their Official Capacity * Order 27A Suits Involving a Substantial Question of Law as to the Interpretation of [the Constitution] [or as to the Validity of any Statutory Instrument] * Order 28 Suits by or against Military [or Naval] Men [or Airmen] * Order 29 Suits by or against Corporations * Order 30 Suits by or against Firms and Persons Carrying on Business in Names other than their own * Order 31 Suits by or against Trustees, Executors and Administrators * Order 32 Suits by or against Minors and Persons of Unsound Mind * Order 32A Suits Relating to Matters Concerning the Family * Order 33 Suits by Indigent Persons * Order 34 Suits relating to Mortgages of Immovable Property * Order 35 Interpleader * Order 36 Special Case * Order 37 Summary Procedure * Order 38 Arrest and Attachment before Judgment * Order 39 Temporary Injunctions and Interlocutory Orders * Order 40 Appointment of Receivers * Order 41 Appeals from Original Decrees * Order 42 Appeals from Appellate Decrees * Order 43 Appeals from Orders * Order 44 Appeals by Indigent Persons * Order 45 Appeals to the Supreme Court * Order 46 Reference * Order 47 Review * Order 48 Miscellaneous * Order 49 Chartered High Courts * Order 50 Provincial Small Cause Courts * Order 51 Presideny Small Cause CourtsAppendices