Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act

Unit 1 — Introduction [12 units]

Civil suits, Jurisdiction of civil courts-Kinds, hierarchy of courts, Res-subjudice and Resjudicata, · Foreign judgment - enforcement, · Place of suing, · Institution of suit, · parties to suit: joinder, mis-joinder or non-joinder of parties, representative suit,

• Concepts: Res-sub judice, Res judicata, set off, counterclaim
• Cause of action and jurisdiction and its kind
• Place of suing
• Parties to a suit (Order I –Order III)
• Institution of a suit (Order IV and V)

Unit 2 — Pleadings [12 units]

1. Rules of pleading, signing and verification, Alternative pleadings, Construction of pleadings · 2. Plaint: particulars, Admission, return and rejection · 3. Written statement: particulars, rules of evidence, Set off and counter claim, distinction · 4. Affidavits.

• Pleadings, plaint and written statement (Order VI- Order VIII)

Unit 3 — Appearance, examination and trial [10 units]

1. Summons, · 2. Appearance of parties, · 3. Ex-parte Procedure Summons and attendance of witnesses · 4. Trial · 5. Adjournments · 6. Interim orders: commission, arrest or attachment before judgment, injunction and appointment of receiver · 7. Interests and costs.

• Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance (Order IX)
• Examination of Parties, Interrogatories, Discovery and inspection, Admissions, documents
• Framing of issues, Disposal (Order XIV, XV)
• Trial, Summons, Hearing of suit, evidence, judgment and decree and costs (Order V, Order XVI-Order XXA)
• Interim orders, Temporary injunction (Order. XXXIX)
• Appointment of Receivers (Order XV)

Unit 4 — Execution [12 units]

1. Decree and judgement · 2. General principles · 3. Power for execution of decrees · 4. Procedure for execution (ss. 52-54) · 5. Enforcement, arrest and detention (ss. 55-59) · 6. Attachment (ss.60-64) · 7. Sale (ss.65-97) · 8. Delivery of property · 9. Stay of execution Mesne Profits, Restitution,

• Meaning of execution
• Mode of execution and stay of execution (Order XXI)
• Arrest, detention and attachment (Order XXI and XXXVIII)
• Incidental proceeding, Payment into court, security costs and commissions (Orders XXIV

Unit 5 — Suits in particular cases [12 units]

1. By or against government (ss. 79-82) · 2. By or against minor · 3. Suits in forma pauperis

• Special suits — Orders XXVII to XXXIV

Unit 6 — Appeals [7 units]

1. Appeals from original decree · 2. Appeals from appellate decree · 3. Appeals from orders · 4. General provisions relating to appeal · 5. Appeal to the Supreme Court

• Appeals, reference, review, revision (Order XLI –XLVII)

Unit 7 — Review, Reference and Revision [7 units]

• Appeals, reference, review, revision (Order XLI –XLVII)

Unit 8 — Law of Limitation [12 units]

1. The concept - the law assists the vigilant and not those who sleep over the rights. · 2. Object · 3. Computation of Limitation · 4. Extension and suspension of limitation · 5. Sufficient cause for not filing the proceedings, illness, mistake of legal advise, Mistaken view of law, Poverty, Minority and Purdha, Imprisonment, Defective Vakalatnama · 6. Legal disabilities · 7. Acknowledgement - essential requisites

• Object and features of Limitation Act, 1963
• Bar of limitation (S.3-5)
• Legal disability (S.6-10)
• Computation of period of limitation (S.12-24)
• Effect of acknowledgment in writing and part-payment (S. 18-20)