Who may be joined as defendants
Parties to Suits, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
1 [3. Who may be joined as defendants.--All persons may be joined in one suit as defendants where--
(a) any right to relief in respect of, or arising out of, the same act or transaction or series of acts or transactions is alleged to exist against such persons, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative; and
(b) if separate suits were brought against such persons, any common question of law or fact would arise.]
1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 52, for rule 1 and 3 respectively (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order I Rule 3 CPC and Order 1 Rule 3 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 1 Rule 3 CPC, Order I Rule 3 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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