The Court shall cause the particulars of every suit to be entered in a book to be kept for the purpose and called the register of civil suits. Such entries shall be numbered in every year according to the order in which the plaints are admitted.
State Amendment (as printed in the official text)
Uttar Pradesh
Insertion of Order IV-A.—In the First Schedule, after Order IV, the following Order shall be inserted, namely :—
“ORDER IV-A
CONSOLIDATION OF CASES
1. Consolidation of suits and proceedings— When two or more suits or proceedings are pending in the same court, and the court is of opinion that it is expedient in the interest of justice, it may by order direct their joint trial, whereupon all such suits and proceedings may be decided upon the evidence in all or any such suits or proceedings. ”
[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 5]
Amendment of Order VI.—In the First Schedule, in Order VI, in rule 15, in sub-rule (1), for the words “at the foot”, the following words shall be substituted, namely :—
“on oath administered by an officer empowered under section 139 of the Code,”.
[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 6]
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