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Order IX: Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance

14 Rules of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Rules 14

  1. Rule 1. Parties to appear on day fixed in summons for defendant to appear and answer 50 words
  2. Rule 2. Dismissal of suit where summons not served in consequence of plaintiff's failure to pay costs 130 words
  3. Rule 3. Where neither party appears suit to be dismissed 23 words
  4. Rule 4. Plaintiff may bring fresh suit or Court may restore suit to file 100 words
  5. Rule 5. Dismissal of suit where plaintiff after summons returned unserved, fails for one month to apply for fresh summons 194 words
  6. Rule 6. Procedure when only plaintiff appears 201 words
  7. Rule 7. Procedure where defendant appears on day of adjourned hearing and assigns good cause for previous non-appearance 62 words
  8. Rule 8. Procedure where defendant only appears 75 words
  9. Rule 9. Decree against plaintiff by default bars fresh suit 117 words
  10. Rule 10. Procedure in case of non-attendance of one or more of several plaintiff's 56 words
  11. Rule 11. Procedure in case of non-attendance of one or more of several defendants 50 words
  12. Rule 12. Consequence of non-attendance, without sufficient cause shown, of party ordered to appear in person 54 words
  13. Rule 13. Setting aside decree ex parte against defendant 265 words
  14. Rule 14. No decree to be set aside without notice to opposite party 22 words

Other Orders

Order I 16Order II 7Order III 6Order IV 2Order V 34Order VI 20Order VII 21Order VIII 20Order IX 14Order X 7Order XI 23Order XI 7Order XII 11Order XIII 11Order XIII-A 8Order XIV 7Order XV 4Order XV-A 8Order XVI 23Order XVI-A 7Order XVII 3Order XVIII 20Order XIX 6Order XX 24Order XXA 2Order XXI 120Order XXII 14Order XXIII 7Order XXIV 4Order XXV 2Order XXVI 29Order XXVII 12Order XXVII-A 6Order XXVIII 3Order XXIX 3Order XXX 10Order XXXI 3Order XXXII 18Order XXXII-A 5Order XXXIII 22Order XXXIV 17Order XXXV 6Order XXXVI 6Order XXXVII 7Order XXXVIII 14Order XXXIX 12Order XL 5Order XLI 40Order XLII 3Order XLIII 3Order XLIV 3Order XLV 18Order XLVI 8Order XLVII 9Order XLVIII 3Order XLIX 3Order L 1Order LI 1

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