Service to be on defendant in person when practicable, or on his agent
Issue and service of summons, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Wherever it is practicable, service shall be made on the defendant in person, unless he has an agent empowered to accept service, in which case service on such agent shall be sufficient.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order V Rule 12 CPC and Order 5 Rule 12 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 5 Rule 12 CPC, Order V Rule 12 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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