Service on defendant in prison
Issue and service of summons, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Where the defendant is confined in a prison, the summons shall be delivered or sent 1 [or by post or by such courier service as may be approved by the High Court, by fax message or by Electronic Mail service or by any other means as may be provided by the rules made by the High Court] to the officer in charge of the prison for service on the defendant.
1. Subs. by Act 46 of 1999, s. 15, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order V Rule 24 CPC and Order 5 Rule 24 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 5 Rule 24 CPC, Order V Rule 24 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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