Civil Procedure Rules▤
Dismissal for want of prosecution
(1) Unless within three months after the giving of directions under rule 13 the appeal shall have been set down for hearing by the…
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Certified copy of decree to be sent to court whose decree appealed from
A copy of the judgment and of the decree, certified by the High Court, or such officer as it appoints in this behalf, shall be sen…
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Preparation and contents of decree
The decree of the court to which the appeal is preferred shall be dated, drawn up, sealed and signed as directed by rules 7, 8 and…
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Power of appellate court on appeal
The court to which the appeal is preferred shall have power to pass any decree and make any order which ought to have been passed…
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What judgment may direct
The judgment may be for confirming, varying or reversing the decree from which the appeal is preferred, or, if the parties to the…
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Where court consist of more than one judge
Where the court consists of more than one judge, the decree of the court shall be drawn in accordance with the findings of the maj…
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Limits to be defined and recorded
Where additional evidence is directed or allowed to be taken the court to which the appeal is preferred shall specify the limits t…
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Mode of taking additional evidence
Wherever additional evidence is allowed to be produced, the court to which the appeal is preferred may either take such evidence o…
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Production of additional evidence in appellate court
(1) The parties to an appeal shall not be entitled to produce additional evidence, whether oral or documentary, in the court to wh…
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Power to order new trial
If upon the hearing of an appeal it shall appear to the court to which the appeal is preferred that a new trial ought to be had, i…
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Where evidence on record sufficient appellate court may determine case finally
Where the evidence upon the record is sufficient to enable the court to which the appeal is preferred to pronounce judgment, the c…
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Remand of cases
Where the court from whose decree an appeal is preferred has disposed of the suit upon a preliminary point, and the decree is reve…
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Re-hearing on application of respondent against whom ex parte decree made
Where an appeal is heard ex parte and judgment is pronounced against the respondent, he may apply to the court to which the appeal…
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Power to adjourn hearing and direct interested persons to be made respondents
Where it appears to the court at the hearing that any person who was a party to the suit in the court from whose decree the appeal…
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Re-admission of appeal dismissed for default
Where an appeal is dismissed under rule 20, the appellant may apply to the court to which such appeal is preferred for the re-admi…
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Dismissal of appeal for appellant’s default
(1) Where on the day fixed, or on any other day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the appellant does not appear when the appe…
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Right to begin
(1) On the day fixed, or on any other day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the appellant shall be heard in support of the ap…
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Contents of notice
The notice to the respondent shall declare that, if he does not appear in the court to which such appeal is preferred on the day s…
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Service of hearing notice
Notice of the day fixed for hearing of the appeal shall be served on the respondent or on his advocate in the manner provided for…
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Filing declaration and written submissions
(1) Any party to an appeal who does not intend to appear in person or by advocate at the hearing of the appeal may file a declarat…
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Notice to be given where decree appealed from
(1) When a memorandum of appeal is lodged the court to which such appeal is preferred shall send notice of the appeal to the court…
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Security for costs
(1) At any time after the memorandum of appeal has been served the court, in its discretion, may order the appellant to give secur…
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Directions before hearing
(1) On notice to the parties delivered not less than twenty-one days after the date of service of the memorandum of appeal the app…
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Service of memorandum
After the refusal of a judge to reject the appeal under section 79B of the Act, the registrar shall notify the appellant who shall…
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