7. Affidavit of signature.—An affidavit of the pleader or his clerk, of the due signature of any admissions made in pursuance of any notice to admit documents or facts, shall be sufficient evidenced of such admissions, if evidence thereof is required.
Order XII Rule 7 CPC: Affidavit of signature
Bare Act text
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
An affidavit of the pleader or his clerk, stating that admissions made in response to a notice to admit documents or facts were duly signed, is sufficient evidence of those admissions if evidence of them is required. The rule offers a simple way to prove that the admissions were properly signed.
Order XII: Admissions
- 1 Notice of admission of case
- 2 Notice to admit documents
- 2A Document to be deemed to be admitted if not denied after service of notice to admit documents
- 3 Form of notice
- 3A Power of Court to record admission
- 4 Notice to admit acts
- 5 Form of admissions
- 6 Judgment on admissions
- 7 Affidavit of signature
- 8 Notice to produce documents
- 9 Costs