Order XIX Rule 2

Power to order attendance of deponent for cross-examination

Affidavits, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(1) Upon any application evidence may be given by affidavit, but the Court may, at the instance of either party, order the attendance for cross-examination of the deponent.

(2) Such attendance shall be in Court, unless the deponent is exempted from personal appearance in Court, or the Court otherwise directs.

How this Rule is cited

It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order XIX Rule 2 CPC and Order 19 Rule 2 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.

Orders of the courts under it: Order 19 Rule 2 CPC, Order XIX Rule 2 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.

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