Section 16 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate. 16. Suits to be instituted where subject-matter situate.—Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits— shall be instituted in the…
Section 15 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Court in which suits to be instituted. 15. Court in which suits to be instituted.—Every suit shall be instituted in the Court of the lowest grade competent to try it. To…
Section 14 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Presumption as to foreign judgments. 14. Presumption as to foreign judgments.—The Court shall presume upon the production of any document purporting to be a certified copy of a foreign judgment, that…
Section 13 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – When foreign judgment not conclusive. 13. When foreign judgment not conclusive.—A foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly adjudicated upon between the same parties or between parties…
Section 12 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Bar to further suit. 12. Bar to further suit. —Where a plaintiff is precluded by rules from instituting a further suit in respect of any particular cause of action, he shall…
Section 11 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Res judicata. 11. Res judicata.—No Court shall try any suit or issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially in issue in a former…
Section 10 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Stay of suit. 10. Stay of suit.—No Court shall proceed with the trial of any suit in which the matter in issue is also directly and substantially in issue in a…
Section 9 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Courts to try all civil suits unless barred. 9. Courts to try all civil suits unless barred.—The Courts shall (subject to the provisions herein contained) have jurisdiction to try all suits…
Section 8 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Presidency Small Cause Courts. 8. Presidency Small Cause Courts.—Save as provided in sections 24, 38 to 41, 75, clauses (a), (b) and (c), 76, 1 [77, 157 and 158], and by…
Section 7 CPC – Code of Civil Procedure – Provincial Small Cause Courts. 7. Provincial Small Cause Courts.—The following provisions shall not extend to Courts constituted under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887(9 of 1887) 1 [or under the…