[9. Subsequent pleadings.—No pleading subsequent to the written statement of a defendant other than by way of defence to set-off or counter-claim shall be presented except by the leave of the Court and upon such terms as the Court thinks fit; but the Court may at any time require a written statement or additional written statement from any of the parties and fix a time of not more than thirty days for presenting the same.
Amendment notes
- Subs. by Act 22 of 2002, s. 9, for rules 9 and 10 (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).
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.
No pleading after the defendant's written statement, other than by way of defence to a set-off or counter-claim, may be presented without the Court's leave and on such terms as it thinks fit. The Court may at any time require a written statement or additional written statement from any party and fix a time of not more than thirty days for presenting it. This rule was substituted by the 2002 amendment.
