[3A. Power to order separate trials where joinder of defendants may embarrass or delay trial.—Where it appears to the Court that any joinder of defendants may embarrass or delay the trial of the suit, the Court may order separate trials or make such other order as may be expedient in the interests of justice.]
Amendment notes
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.
Where the Court considers that joining defendants in a suit may embarrass or delay the trial, it may order separate trials or make such other order as is expedient in the interests of justice. The rule was inserted by the 1976 amendment.