Suit not abated by marriage of female party
Death, Marriage and Insolvency or Parties, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(1) The marriage of a female plaintiff or defendant shall not cause the suit to abate, but the suit may notwithstanding be proceeded with the judgment, and, where the decree is against a female defendant, it may be executed against her alone.
(2) Where the husband is by law liable for the debts of his wife, the decree may, with the permission of the Court, be executed against the husband also; and, in case of judgment for the wife, execution of the decree may, with such permission, be issued upon the application of the husband, where the husband is by law entitled to the subject-matter of the decree.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order XXII Rule 7 CPC and Order 22 Rule 7 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 22 Rule 7 CPC, Order XXII Rule 7 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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