8. Notice to produce documents.—Notice to produce documents shall be in Form No. 12 in Appendix C, with such variations as circumstances may require. An affidavit of the pleader, or his clerk, of the service of any notice to produce, and of the time when it was served, with a copy of the notice to produce, shall in all cases be sufficient evidence of the service of the notice, and of the time when it was served.
Order XII Rule 8 CPC: Notice to produce documents
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
A notice to produce documents must be in Form No. 12 in Appendix C, with such variations as the circumstances may require. An affidavit of the pleader or his clerk, stating that the notice was served and when, with a copy of the notice, is in all cases sufficient evidence of the service and of the time it was served.
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