Summons to order defendant to produce documents relied on by him
Issue and service of summons, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
The summons to appear and answer shall order the defendant to produce 1[all documents or copies thereof specified in rule lA of Order VIII] in his possession or power upon which he intends to rely in support of his case.
1. Subs. by s. 15, ibid., 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 7 CPC and Order 5 Rule 7 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
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