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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER VIII Written statement, set-off and counter-claim

Order VIII Rule 7: Defence or set-off founded upon separate grounds

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Where the defendant relies upon several distinct grounds of defence or set-off 1[or counter-claim] founded upon separate and distinct facts, they shall be stated, as far as may be, separately and distinctly.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 58 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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