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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER VI Pleadings generally

Order VI Rule 2: Pleading to state material facts and not evidence

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

1[(1) Every pleading shall contain, and contain only, a statement in a concise form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence, as the case may be, but not the evidence by which they are to be proved.

(2) Every pleading shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs, numbered consecutively, each allegation being, so far as is convenient, contained in a separate paragraph.

(3) Dates, sums and numbers shall be expressed in a pleading in figures as well as in words.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 56, for rule 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

Questions on this rule

1 question in 6 of our papers cite Order VI Rule 2. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Consider the following statements under Order VI CPC: 1. Dates, sums and numbers shall be expressed in a pleading in figures as well as in words. 2. Where a contract is alleged in a pleading, a bare denial of it by the opposite party is construed as a denial of its legality or sufficiency in law. 3. A party need not allege a fact which the law presumes in his favour, unless it has first been specifically denied. 4. A pleading may, without amendment, raise a new ground of claim inconsistent with the party's earlier pleading. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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