[1. Original documents to be produced at or before the settlement of issues.—(1) The parties or their pleader shall produce on or before the settlement of issues, all the documentary evidence in original where the copies thereof have been filed along with plaint or written statement.
(2) The Court shall receive the documents so produced:
Provided that they are accompanied by an accurate list thereof prepared in such form as the High Court directs.
(3) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall apply to documents—
(a) produced for the cross-examination of the witnesses of the other party; or
(b) handed over to a witness merely to refresh his memory.]
Amendment notes
- Subs. by Act 46 of 1999, s. 23, for rules 1 and 2 (w.e.f. 1 -7-2002).
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.
The parties or their pleaders must produce, on or before the settlement of issues, the originals of all documentary evidence where copies were filed with the plaint or written statement. The Court receives the documents so produced only if they are accompanied by an accurate list in the form the High Court directs. The rule does not apply to documents produced for cross-examination of the other party's witnesses, or handed to a witness merely to refresh his memory. This rule was substituted by the 1999 amendment, in force from 1 July 2002.
