Service of process on pleader
Recognized Agents and Pleaders, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
1[Any process served on the pleader who has been duly appointed to act in Court for any party] or left at the office or ordinary residence of such pleader, and whether the same is for the personal appearance of the party or not, shall be presumed to be duly communicated and made known to the party whom the pleader represents, and, unless the Court otherwise directs, shall be as effectual for all purposes as if the same had been given to or served on the party in person.
1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 54, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order III Rule 5 CPC and Order 3 Rule 5 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 3 Rule 5 CPC, Order III Rule 5 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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