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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XV: Disposal Of The Suit At The First Hearing

Order XV Rule 1 CPC: Parties not at issue

Bare Act text

1. Parties not at issue.—(1) Where at the first hearing of a suit it appears that the parties are not at issue on any question of law or of fact, the Court may at once pronounce judgment.

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

Where at the first hearing of a suit it appears that the parties are not at issue on any question of law or of fact, the Court may at once pronounce judgment. The rule lets the Court dispose of a suit immediately when there is no real dispute between the parties.

Order XV: Disposal Of The Suit At The First Hearing

  1. 1 Parties not at issue
  2. 2 One of several defendants not at issue
  3. 3 Parties at issue
  4. 4 Failure to produce evidence