Appearance of one of several plaintiffs or defendants for others
Parties to Suits, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(1) Where there are more plaintiffs than one, any one or more of them may be authorized by any other of them to appear, plead or act for such other in any proceeding; and in like manner, where there are more defendants than one, any one or more of them may be authorized by any other of them to appear, plead or act for such other in any proceeding.
(2) The authority shall be in writing signed by the party giving it and shall be filed in Court.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order I Rule 12 CPC and Order 1 Rule 12 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 1 Rule 12 CPC, Order I Rule 12 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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