Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XXXIII: Suits By Indigent Persons

Order XXXIII Rule 9A CPC: Court to assign a pleader to an unrepresented indigent person

Bare Act text

[9A. Court to assign a pleader to an unrepresented indigent person.—(1) Where a person, who is permitted to sue as an indigent person, is not represented by a pleader, the Court-may, if the circumstances of the case so require, assign a pleader to him.

(2) The High Court may, with the previous approval of the State Government, make rules providing for—

(a) the mode of selecting pleaders to be assigned under sub-rule (1);

(b) the facilities to be provided to such pleaders by the Court ;

(c) any other matter which is required to be or may be provided by the rules for giving effect to the provisions of sub-rule (1).]

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 a person permitted to sue as an indigent person is not represented by a pleader, the Court may, if the circumstances require, assign a pleader to him. The High Court may, with the State Government's previous approval, make rules on the mode of selecting such pleaders, the facilities to be provided to them by the Court, and any other matter needed to give effect to this provision.