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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XIV: Settlement Of Issues And Determination Of Suit On Issues Of Law Or On Issues Agreed Upon

Order XIV Rule 7 CPC: Court, if satisfied that agreement was executed in good faith, may pronounce judgment

Bare Act text

7. Court, if satisfied that agreement was executed in good faith, may pronounce judgment.— Where the Court is satisfied, after making such inquiry as it deems proper,—

(a) that the agreement was duly executed by the parties,

(b) that they have a substantial interest in the decision of such question as aforesaid, and

(c) that the same is fit to be tried and decided, it shall proceed to record and try the issue and state its finding or decision thereon in the same manner as if the issue had been framed by the Court; and shall, upon the finding or decision on such issue, pronounce judgment according to the terms of the agreement; and, upon the judgment so pronounced, a decree shall follow.

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

Where the Court, after such inquiry as it deems proper, is satisfied that the agreement was duly executed, that the parties have a substantial interest in the question, and that the question is fit to be tried and decided, it shall record and try the issue as if the Court had framed it. It then pronounces judgment according to the terms of the agreement, and a decree follows upon the judgment so pronounced.

Order XIV: Settlement Of Issues And Determination Of Suit On Issues Of Law Or On Issues Agreed Upon

  1. 1 Framing of issues
  2. 2 Court to pronounce judgment on all issues
  3. 3 Materials from which issues may be framed
  4. 4 Court may examine witnesses or documents before framing issues
  5. 5 Power to amend and strike out, issues
  6. 6 Questions of fact or law may by agreement be stated in form of issues
  7. 7 Court, if satisfied that agreement was executed in good faith, may pronounce judgment
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