Procedure where defendant only appears
Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Where the defendant appears and the plaintiff does not appear when the suit is called on for hearing, the Court shall make an order that the suit be dismissed, unless the defendant admits the claim, or part thereof, in which case the Court shall pass a decree against the defendant upon such admission, and, where part only of the claim has been admitted, shall dismiss the suit so far as it relates to the remainder.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order IX Rule 8 CPC and Order 9 Rule 8 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 9 Rule 8 CPC, Order IX Rule 8 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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