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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order VII: Plaint

Order VII Rule 7 CPC: Relief to be specifically stated

Bare Act text

7. Relief to be specifically stated.—Every plaint shall state specifically the relief which the plaintiff claims either simply or in the alternative, and it shall not be necessary to ask for general or other relief which may always be given as the Court may think just to the same extent as if it had been asked for. And the same rule shall apply to any relief claimed by the defendant in his written statement.

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

Every plaint must state specifically the relief claimed, either simply or in the alternative. It is not necessary to ask for general or other relief, which the Court may always grant as it thinks just, to the same extent as if asked for. The same applies to any relief the defendant claims in his written statement.

Order VII: Plaint

  1. 1 Particulars to be contained in plaint
  2. 2 In money suits
  3. 3 Where the subject-matter of the suit is immovable property
  4. 4 When plaintiff sues as representative
  5. 5 Defendant’s interest and liability to be shown
  6. 6 Grounds of exemption from limitation law
  7. 7 Relief to be specifically stated
  8. 8 Relief founded on separate grounds
  9. 9 Procedure on admitting plaint
  10. 10 Return of plaint
  11. 10A Power of Court to fix a date of appearance in the Court where plaint is to be filed after its return
  12. 10B Power of appellate Court to transfer suit to the proper Court
  13. 11 Rejection of plaint
  14. 12 Procedure on rejecting plaint
  15. 13 Where rejection of plaint does not preclude presentation of fresh plaint
  16. 14 Production of document on which plaintiff sues or relies
  17. 15 Statement in case of documents not in plaintiff’s possession or powers (Omitted)
  18. 16 Suits on lost negotiable instruments
  19. 17 Production of shop-book
  20. 18 Inadmissibility of document not produced when plaint filed (Omitted)
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