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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part IX: Special Provisions Relating To The High Courts Not Being The Court Of A Judicial Commissioner

Section 117 CPC: Application of Code to High Courts

Bare Act text

117. Application of Code to High Courts.—Save as provided in this Part or in Part X or in rules, the provisions of this Court shall apply to such High Courts.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Except as provided in this Part, in Part X or in rules, the provisions of the Code apply to the High Courts to which this Part relates. The Code is therefore the general procedural law for those High Courts, subject to the special provisions that follow.

Part IX: Special Provisions Relating To The High Courts Not Being The Court Of A Judicial Commissioner

  1. 116 Part to apply only to certain High Courts
  2. 117 Application of Code to High Courts
  3. 118 Execution of decree before ascertainment of costs
  4. 119 Unauthorised persons not to address Court
  5. 120 Provisions not applicable to High Court in original civil jurisdiction
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