When plaintiff in doubt from whom redress is to be sought
Parties to Suits, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Where the plaintiff is in doubt as to the persons from whom he is entitled to obtain redress, he may join two or more defendants in order that the question as to which of the defendants is liable, and to what extent, may be determined as between all parties.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order I Rule 7 CPC and Order 1 Rule 7 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 1 Rule 7 CPC, Order I Rule 7 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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