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

Order VIII Rule 8: New ground of defence

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Any ground of defence which has arisen after the institution of the suit or the presentation of a written statement claiming a set-off 1[or counter-claim] may be raised by the defendant or plaintiff, as the case may be, in his written statement.

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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