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Paper 501 · Semester 5 · Procedural Law

Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation

Jurisdiction, suits, pleadings, discovery, trial, appeals, revision, and limitation periods.

Study Notes: 44 Chapters

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Syllabus Overview (5 Units · 44 Chapters)

Unit 1

Codification and Introduction to CPC · Principal Features of the CPC · Suits Parties, Framing and Institution · Bars of Suit · Doctrine of Sub Judice · Doctrine of Res Judicata · Place of Suing and Transfer of Suits · Territorial Jurisdiction and Cause of Action · Summons and Service of Foreign Summons

Unit 2

Pleadings Contents Forms and Amendment · Plaint Essentials Return and Rejection · Production and Marking of Documents · Written Statement · Counterclaim and Set Off · Section 89 and ADR Mechanisms · Framing of Issues

Unit 3

Appearance Examination of Parties and Adjournments · Ex Parte Procedure · Summoning and Attendance of Witnesses · Examination of Witnesses · Admissions · Documents at Trial Production Impounding and Return · Hearing and Affidavit · Judgment and Decree · Interim Orders Stay and Injunctions · Receivers and Commissions · Costs · Execution Concept Principles and Court Powers · Modes of Execution Arrest Attachment and Sale

Unit 4

Suits by or Against Government · Suits by or Against Minors and Persons of Unsound Mind · Suits by Indigent Persons · Interpleader Suits · Incidental Proceedings · Appeals · Reference and Review · Revision

Unit 5

Law of Limitation Concept Object and General Principles · Computation of Limitation Period · Acknowledgment and Part Payment · Condonation of Delay · Legal Disability · Extension of Limitation Period · Limitation Act 1963 Key Provisions and Schedule