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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order IV: Institution Of Suits

Order IV Rule 2 CPC: Register of suits

Bare Act text

2. Register of suits.—The Court shall cause the particulars of every suit to be entered in a book to be kept for the purpose and called the register of civil suits. Such entries shall be numbered in every year according to the order in which the plaints are admitted.

State amendments

Uttar Pradesh Insertion of Order IV-A.—In the First Schedule, after Order IV, the following Order shall be

inserted, namely :—

“ORDER IV-A

CONSOLIDATION OF CASES 1. Consolidation of suits and proceedings— When two or more suits or proceedings are pending in the same court, and the court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interest of justice, it may by order direct their joint trial, whereupon all such suits and proceedings may be decided upon the evidence in all or any such suits or proceedings. ”

[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 5] Amendment of Order VI.—In the First Schedule, in Order VI, in rule 15, in sub-rule (1), for the words “at the foot”, the following words shall be substituted, namely :—

“on oath administered by an officer empowered under section 139 of the Code,”.

[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 6]

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

In simple words

The Court must enter the particulars of every suit in a book kept for the purpose, called the register of civil suits. The entries are numbered each year in the order in which the plaints are admitted.

Order IV: Institution Of Suits

  1. 1 Suit to be commenced by plaint
  2. 2 Register of suits