New ground of defence
Written statement, set-off and counter-claim, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Any ground of defence which has arisen after the institution of the suit or the presentation of a written statement claiming a set-off 1[or counter-claim] may be raised by the defendant or plaintiff, as the case may be, in his written statement.
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 8 CPC and Order 8 Rule 8 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 8 Rule 8 CPC, Order VIII Rule 8 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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