Order 36, rule 4 of Civil Procedure Rules : Time for defence

If it appears that the defence set up in the affidavit by the defendant applies only to a part of the plaintiff’s claim, or that any part of his claim is admitted, the plaintiff shall have judgment...

If it appears to the court that any defendant has a good defence to, or ought to be permitted to defend the suit, and that any other defendant has not a good defence and ought not to be permitted to...

Leave to defend may be given unconditionally, or subject to such terms as to giving security or time of trial or otherwise, as the court thinks fit.

(1) The costs of and incidental to all applications under this Order shall be dealt with by the court on the hearing of the application, and the court shall order by and to whom, and when the same...

Form Nos. 24 and 25 of Appendix A, adapted to circumstances, shall be utilised for the respective purposes for which they are designed.

Any judgment, given against any party who did not attend at the hearing of an application under this Order, may, on application be set aside or varied on such terms as are just.

The executors or administrators of a deceased person, or any of them, and the trustees under any deed or instrument, or any of them, and any person claiming to be interested in the relief sought as...

Any of the persons named in rule 1 may in like manner apply for and obtain an order for— (a) the administration of the personal estate of the deceased; (b) the administration of the real estate of...

A vendor or purchaser of immovable property or their representatives respectively may, at any time or times, take out an originating summons returnable before the judge sitting in chambers, for the...

Any mortgagee or mortgagor, whether legal or equitable, or any person entitled to or having property subject to a legal or equitable charge, or any person having the right to foreclose or redeem any...

An application under section 116 of the Government Lands (Cap. 280) Act or section 57 of the Registration of Titles Act (Cap. 281) shall be made by originating summons unless there is pending a suit...

(1) An application under section 27 of the Limitation of Actions Act made before filing a suit shall be made ex parte by originating summons supported by affidavit. (2) Any such application made...

(1) An application under section 38 of the Limitation of Actions Act shall be made by originating summons. (2) The summons shall be supported by an affidavit to which a certified extract of the...

An application under the Registered Land Act (Cap. 300) other than under sections 120, 128, 133, 138, 143 and 150 thereof shall be made by originating summons unless there is pending a suit involving...

An application under section 9 of the Chattels Transfer Act (Cap. 28) shall be made by originating summons ex parte supported by an affidavit setting out the grounds relied upon.

When the existence of a partnership, or the right to a partnership, or the fact of the dissolution thereof, is not in dispute, any partner in a firm or his representatives may take out an originating...

Any person claiming to be interested under a deed, will, or other written instrument, may apply in chambers by originating summons for the determination of any question of construction arising under...

An application for an order under the Trustee Act shall be made by originating summons returnable before the judge sitting in chambers; and the settler and any other person who provided property for...

The judge shall not be bound to determine any such question of construction if, in his opinion, it ought not to be determined on originating summons.

An originating summons shall be in Form No. 26 or No. 27 of Appendix A with such variations as circumstances may require, and shall be prepared by the applicant or his advocate and shall be filed in...

The originating summons when filed shall be filed and entered in the register of suits, but after the serial number the letters “O.S.” shall be placed to distinguish it from plaints filed in ordinary...

The registrar shall, within thirty days of filing of the Originating Summons and with notice to the parties list it for directions before a judge in chambers.

The day and hour of attendance under an originating summons to which an appearance is required to be entered shall after appearance be fixed for hearing in chambers of the judge to whom such summons...

At the time of directions, if the parties do not agree to the correctness and sufficiency of the facts set forth in the summons and affidavit, the judge may order the summons to be supported by such...

(1) Where, on an originating summons under this Order, it appears to the court at any stage of the proceedings that the proceedings should for any reason be continued as if the cause had been begun by...

If an originating summons is adjourned into court, the judge may, if he deems the question to be determined is of sufficient importance, order that the costs be taxed on the scale applicable to suits....

Where two or more persons have instituted suits against the same defendant and such persons under rule 1 of Order I could have been joined as co-plaintiffs in one suit, upon the application of any of...

Where a plaintiff has instituted two or more suits, and under rule 3 of Order 1 the several dependants could properly have been joined as co-defendants in one suit, the court, if satisfied upon the...

Where at any stage of a suit, other than a suit of the nature referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 12 of the Act, the court is satisfied by affidavit or otherwise— (a) that the defendant...

(1) Where the defendant fails to show such cause the court shall order him either to deposit in court money or other property sufficient to answer the claim against him, or to furnish security for his...

(1) A surety for the appearance of a defendant may at any time apply to the court in which he became a surety to be discharged from his obligation. (2) On such application being made the court shall...

Where the defendant fails to comply with any order under rule 2 or rule 3, the court may commit him to prison until the decision of the suit, or, where a decree is passed against the defendant, until...

(1) Where at any stage of a suit the court is satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise, that the defendant, with intent to obstruct or delay the execution of any decree that may be passed against him—...

(1) Where the defendant fails to show cause why he should not furnish security, or fails to furnish the security required, within the time fixed by the court, the court may order that the property...

Save as otherwise expressly provided, the attachment shall be made in the manner provided for the attachment of property in execution of a decree.

Where any claim is preferred to property attached before judgment, such claim shall be investigated in the manner hereinbefore provided for the investigation of claims to property attached in...

Where an order is made for attachment before judgment, the court shall order the attachment to be withdrawn when the defendant furnishes the security required, together with security for the costs of...

Attachment before judgment shall not affect the rights, existing prior to the attachment, of persons not parties to the suit, nor bar any person holding a decree against the defendant from applying...

Where property is under attachment by virtue of this Order, and a decree is subsequently passed in favour of the plaintiff, it shall not be necessary, upon an application for execution of such decree,...

Where in any suit it is proved by affidavit or otherwise— (a) that any property in dispute in a suit is in danger of being wasted, damaged, or alienated by any party to the suit, or wrongfully sold...

(1) In any suit for restraining the defendant from committing a breach of contract or other injury of any kind, whether compensation is claimed in the suit or not, the plaintiff may, at any time after...

(1) In cases of disobedience, or of breach of any such terms, the court granting an injunction may order the property of the person guilty of such disobedience or breach to be attached, and may also...

(1) Where the court is satisfied for reasons to be recorded that the object of granting the injunction would be defeated by the delay, it may hear the application ex parte. (2) An ex parte...

In all applications for injunction, the court shall, after inter-partes hearing deliver its ruling either at once or within thirty days of the conclusion of the hearing with notice to the parties or...

Where a suit in respect of which an interlocutory injunction has been granted is not determined within a period of twelve months from the date of the grant, the injunction shall lapse unless for any...

Any order for an injunction may be discharged, or varied, or set aside by the court on application made thereto by any party dissatisfied with such order.

An injunction directed to a corporation is binding not only on the corporation itself but also on all members and officers of the corporation whose personal action it seeks to restrain.

The court may, on the application of any party to a suit, order the sale, by any person named in such order, and in such manner and on such terms as it thinks fit, of any movable property, being the...

(1) The court may, on the application of any party to a suit, and on such terms as it thinks fit— (a) make an order for the detention, preservation, or inspection of any property which is the...

Where the subject-matter of a suit is money or some other thing capable of delivery, and any party thereto admits that he holds such money or other thing as a trustee for another party, or that it...