The Code of Civil Procedure | With Chapter Summary

This scholarly work by D. N. Mathur provides unparalleled coverage of the Code of Civil Procedure and is a comprehensive analysis of various legal provisions relating to this Procedural Law.

The contents of the book are arranged to match the various stages a suit passes through in a civil court. At appropriate places, the relevant section has been reproduced, followed by elucidation. The related rules, if any, have also been incorporated at the same place after the section. The entire substance has been divided into Sixty Chapters, and the book features a distinctive chapter summary at the end of each chapter to facilitate a cursory look at the material contained in it.

The present work shall be extremely useful to students, teachers, practicing lawyers, and all others operating in the legal field.

Chapter I- Introduction
Chapter II- About the Code
Chapter III- Definitions
Chapter IV- Subordination of Courts
Chapter V- Selection of Forum for Institution of Suits
Chapter VI- Institution and Frame of Suits
Chapter VII- Principles of Res Sub Judice and Res Judicata and Bar to Further Suit
Chapter VIII- Parties of Suits
Chapter IX- Pleadings
Chapter X- Plaint
Chapter XI- Summons to Defendant to appear and answer the claim
Chapter XII- Appearance of Parties in compliance of summons and consequences of defiance
Chapter XIII- Appearance of Parties by Recognized agents and pleaders
Chapter XIV- Written Statement of Defendant
Chapter XV- First Hearing, Examination of Parties, Settlement of Issues and Disposal of suit
Chapter XVI- Affidavits
Chapter XVII- Documents
Chapter XVIII- Interlocutory Orders
Chapter XIX- Effect of death, marriage and insolvency of parties on the suits
Chapter XX- Withdrawal and Adjustment of suits
Chapter XXI- Summons to witnesses and compelling their attendance
Chapter XXII- Adjournments
Chapter XXIII- Hearing of Suit and Examination of Witnesses
Chapter XXIV- Judgment and Decree
Chapter XXV- Interests and Costs
Chapter XXVI- Foreign Judgment- Its conclusiveness and presumption
Chapter XXVII- Execution of decree
Chapter XXVIII- Application for execution of decree
Chapter XXIX- Execution of decree against legal representative
Chapter XXX- Courts which may execute a decree
Chapter XXXI- Stay on execution
Chapter XXXII- Arrest and Detention of Judgment Debtor
Chapter XXXIII- Attachment of Property of Judgment Debtor
Chapter XXXIV- Adjudication of Objections to attachment and Stay on Sale
Chapter XXXV- Sale of Property of Judgment Debtor
Chapter XXXVI- Delivery of Possession and Resistance thereto
Chapter XXXVII- Distribution of Proceeds of Sale
Chapter XXXVIII- Suits by or against the government and public officers
Chapter XXXIX- Suits involving a substantial question of law as to Interpretation of Constitution
Chapter XL- Suits by Aliens and by or against Foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys
Chapter XLI- Suits by or against soldiers, corporations, firms, trustees- executors-administrators, minors and lunatics
Chapter XLII- Suit relating to family matters
Chapter XLIII- Suits by Indigent Persons
Chapter XLIV- Suits relating to mortgages of immovable property
Chapter XLV- Interpleader suits
Chapter XLVI- Special Proceedings
Chapter XLVII- Summary Procedure
Chapter XLVIII- Appeals
Chapter XLIX- Appeals from Original Decree- The First Appeal
Chapter L- Appeal from Appellate Decree- The Second Appeal
Chapter LI- Appeal from orders
Chapter LII- Appeal from indigent persons
Chapter LIII- Appeal to Supreme Court
Chapter LIV- Reference to High Court
Chapter LV- Review
Chapter LVI- Revision
Chapter LVII- Special Revisions Relating to High Courts
Chapter LVIII- Rules
Chapter LIX- Miscellaneous provisions
Chapter LX- Chartered High Courts, Provincial Small Cause Court and Presidency Small Cause Court