Chapter 01 Suits In General

Civil Procedure Code, 1908

Chapter 01 Suits In General

Section 9 – Courts To Try All Civil Suits Unless Barred

Section 10 – Stay Of Suit

Section 11 – Res Judicata

Section 12 – Bar To Further Suit

Section 13 – When Foreign Judgment Not Conclusive

Section 14 – Presumption As To Foreign Judgments

Section 15 – Court In Which Suits To Be Instituted

Section 16 – Suits To Be Instituted Where Subject-Matter Situate

Section 17 – Suits For Immovable Property Situate Within Jurisdiction Of Different Courts

Section 18 – Place Of Institution Of Suit Where Local Limits Of Jurisdiction Of Courts Are Uncertain

Section 19 – Suits For Compensation For Wrongs To Person Or Movable Property

Section 20 – Other Suits To Be Instituted Where Defendants Reside Or Cause Of Action Arises

Section 21 – Objections To Jurisdiction

Section 21A – Bar On Suit To Set Aside Decree On Objection As To Place Of Suing

Section 22 – Power To Transfer Suits Which May Be Instituted In More Than One Court

Section 23 – To What Court Application Lies

Section 24 – General Power Of Transfer And Withdrawal

Section 25 – Power Of Supreme Court To Transfer Suits, Etc

Section 26 – Institution Of Suits

Section 27 – Summons To Defendants

Section 28 – Service Of Summons Where Defendant Resides In Another State

Section 29 – Service Of Foreign Summons

Section 30 – Power To Order Discovery And The Like

Section 31 – Summons To Witness

Section 32 – Penalty For Default

Section 33 – Judgment And Decree

Section 34 – Interest

Section 35 – Costs

Section 35A – Compensatory Costs In Respect Of False Or Vexatious Claims Or Defenses

Section 35B – Costs For Causing Delay