Order VIII Rule 6B

Counter-claim to be stated

Written statement, set-off and counter-claim, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1[6B. Counter-claim to be stated.-- Where any defendant seeks to rely upon any ground as supporting a right of counter-claim, he shall, in his written statement, state specifically that he does so by way of counter-claim.]

1. Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 58 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

How this Rule is cited

It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order VIII Rule 6B CPC and Order 8 Rule 6B CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.

Orders of the courts under it: Order 8 Rule 6B CPC, Order VIII Rule 6B CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.

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