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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The First Schedule

58 Orders and 728 Rules. Order 7 Rule 11, Order 39 Rule 1, Order 41 Rule 27: the procedure a civil suit is actually run on, each Rule on its own page.

The Code of Civil Procedure keeps its procedure in a Schedule rather than in its sections. The sections of the Code set the framework; the 728 Rules below, grouped into 58 Orders, are what a plaint is drawn under, what an injunction is sought under, and what an appeal is filed under.

Cited either way: Order VII Rule 11 and Order 7 Rule 11 are the same Rule, and both forms of the address work here.

The Orders 58

  1. Order I: Parties to Suits Order 1 · 16 rules
  2. Order II: Frame of suit Order 2 · 7 rules
  3. Order III: Recognized Agents and Pleaders Order 3 · 6 rules
  4. Order IV: Institution of suits Order 4 · 2 rules
  5. Order V: Issue and service of summons Order 5 · 34 rules
  6. Order VI: Pleadings generally Order 6 · 20 rules · may be one short
  7. Order VII: Plaint Order 7 · 21 rules
  8. Order VIII: Written statement, set-off and counter-claim Order 8 · 20 rules
  9. Order IX: Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance Order 9 · 14 rules
  10. Order X: Examination of parties by the court Order 10 · 7 rules
  11. Order XI: Discovery and Inspection Order 11 · 23 rules
  12. Order XI: Disclosure, Discovery and inspection of documents in suits before the commercial division of a high Order 11 · 7 rules
  13. Order XII: Admissions Order 12 · 11 rules
  14. Order XIII: Production, Impounding and Return of Documents Order 13 · 11 rules
  15. Order XIII-A: Summary Judgment Order 13 · 8 rules
  16. Order XIV: Settlement of Issues and Determination of Suit on Order 14 · 7 rules
  17. Order XV: Disposal of the Suit at the first hearing Order 15 · 4 rules
  18. Order XV-A: Case Management Hearing Order 15 · 8 rules
  19. Order XVI: Summoning and Attendance of Witnesses Order 16 · 23 rules
  20. Order XVI-A: Attendance of witnesses confined or detained in prisons Order 16 · 7 rules
  21. Order XVII: Adjournment Order 17 · 3 rules
  22. Order XVIII: Hearing of the suit and examination of witnesses Order 18 · 20 rules · may be one short
  23. Order XIX: Affidavits Order 19 · 6 rules
  24. Order XX: Judgment and decree Order 20 · 24 rules
  25. Order XXA: Costs Order 20 · 2 rules
  26. Order XXI: Execution of Decrees and Orders Order 21 · 120 rules
  27. Order XXII: Death, Marriage and Insolvency or Parties Order 22 · 14 rules
  28. Order XXIII: Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits Order 23 · 7 rules
  29. Order XXIV: Payment into Court Order 24 · 4 rules
  30. Order XXV: Security for Costs Order 25 · 2 rules
  31. Order XXVI: Commissions Order 26 · 29 rules
  32. Order XXVII: Suits by or against the government or public officers in their official capacity Order 27 · 12 rules
  33. Order XXVII-A: Suits involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of 2[the constitution 3[or as to the Order 27 · 6 rules
  34. Order XXVIII: Suits by or against military 2[or naval men 3[or airmen Order 28 · 3 rules
  35. Order XXIX: Suits by or against corporations Order 29 · 3 rules
  36. Order XXX: Suits by or against firms and persons carrying on business in Order 30 · 10 rules
  37. Order XXXI: Suits by or against trustees, executors and administrators Order 31 · 3 rules
  38. Order XXXII: Suits by or against minors and persons of unsound mind Order 32 · 18 rules
  39. Order XXXII-A: Suits relating to matters concerning the family Order 32 · 5 rules
  40. Order XXXIII: Suits by indigent persons Order 33 · 22 rules
  41. Order XXXIV: Suits relating to mortgages of immovable property Order 34 · 17 rules
  42. Order XXXV: Interpleader Order 35 · 6 rules
  43. Order XXXVI: Special Case Order 36 · 6 rules
  44. Order XXXVII: Summary Procedure Order 37 · 7 rules
  45. Order XXXVIII: Arrest And Attachment Before Judgment Order 38 · 14 rules
  46. Order XXXIX: Temporary Injunctions And Interlocutory Orders Order 39 · 12 rules
  47. Order XL: Appointment Of Receivers Order 40 · 5 rules
  48. Order XLI: Appeals From Original Decrees Order 41 · 40 rules · may be one short
  49. Order XLII: Appeals From Appellate Decrees Order 42 · 3 rules
  50. Order XLIII: Appeals From Orders Order 43 · 3 rules
  51. Order XLIV: Appeals By Indigent Persons Order 44 · 3 rules
  52. Order XLV: Appeals To The 1[Supreme Court Order 45 · 18 rules
  53. Order XLVI: Reference Order 46 · 8 rules
  54. Order XLVII: Review Order 47 · 9 rules
  55. Order XLVIII: Miscellaneous Order 48 · 3 rules
  56. Order XLIX: Chartered High Courts Order 49 · 3 rules
  57. Order L: Provincial. Small Cause Courts Order 50 · 1 rule
  58. Order LI: Presidency Small Cause Courts Order 51 · 1 rule

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. The Orders and Rules of the First Schedule are reproduced from India Code; which Order each Rule belongs to is recovered from the Government’s consolidated text of the Code, because the source does not record it. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.