Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XI: Discovery And Inspection

Order XI Rule 17 CPC: Time for inspection when notice given

Bare Act text

17. Time for inspection when notice given.—The party to whom such notice is given shall, within ten days from the receipt of such notice, deliver to the party giving the same a notice stating a time within three days from the delivery thereof at which the documents, or such of them as he does not object to produce, may be inspected at the office of his pleader, or in the case of bankers’ books or other books of account or books in constant use for the purposes of any trade or business, at their usual place of custody, and stating which (if any) of the documents he objects to produce, and on what ground. Such notice shall be in Form No. 8 in Appendix C, with such variations as circumstances may require.

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 party who receives a notice to produce must, within ten days of receipt, deliver a notice naming a time within three days of its delivery at which the documents he does not object to produce may be inspected at his pleader's office. For bankers' books, books of account or books in constant use in a business, inspection takes place at their usual place of custody. The notice must also state which documents, if any, he objects to produce and on what ground, and must be in Form No. 8.