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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part V: Special Proceedings

Section 90 CPC: Power to state case for opinion of Court

Bare Act text

90. Power to state case for opinion of Court.—Where any persons agree in writing to state a case for the opinion of the Court, then the Court shall try and determine the same in the manner prescribed.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Where persons agree in writing to state a case for the opinion of the Court, the Court shall try and determine it in the manner prescribed. The section allows parties to submit an agreed statement of facts for the Court's opinion, which the Court then decides under the prescribed procedure.

Part V: Special Proceedings

  1. 89 Settlement of disputes outside the Court
  2. 90 Power to state case for opinion of Court
  3. 91 Public nuisances and other wrongful acts affecting the public
  4. 92 Public charities
  5. 93 Exercise of powers of Advocate-General outside presidency-towns