1. Who may serve processes of High Court.—Notice to produce documents, summonses to witnesses, and every other judical process, issued in the exercise of the original civil jurisdiction of the High Court, and of its matrimonial, testamentary and intestate jurisdictions, except summonses to defendants, writs of execution and notices to respondents may be served by the attorneys in the suits, or by persons employed by them, or by such other persons as the High Court, by any rule or order, directs.
Order XLIX Rule 1 CPC: Who may serve processes of High Court
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
Notices to produce documents, summonses to witnesses and other judicial process issued in the High Court's original civil jurisdiction, and in its matrimonial, testamentary and intestate jurisdictions, may be served by the attorneys in the suits, by persons they employ, or by others the High Court directs by rule or order. Summonses to defendants, writs of execution and notices to respondents are excepted.