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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER I Parties to Suits

Order I Rule 1: Who may be joined as plaintiffs

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1[All persons may be joined in one suit as plaintiffs where—

(a) any right to relief in respect of, or arising out of, the same act or transaction or series of acts or transactions is alleged to exist in such persons, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative; and

(b) if such persons brought separate suits, any common question of law or fact would arise.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 52, for rules 1 and 3 respectively (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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