Order IX Rule 12

Consequence of non-attendance, without sufficient cause shown, of party ordered to appear in person

Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Where a plaintiff or defendant, who has been ordered to appear in person, does not appear in person, or show sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the court for failing so to appear, he shall be subject to all provisions of the foregoing rules applicable to plaintiffs and defendants, respectively, who do not appear.

How this Rule is cited

It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order IX Rule 12 CPC and Order 9 Rule 12 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.

Orders of the courts under it: Order 9 Rule 12 CPC, Order IX Rule 12 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.

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