Order XVI Rule 19: No witness to be ordered to attend in person unless resident within certain limits

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1. 1. Under Order XVI Rule 19 CPC, a person residing outside the local limits of the Court's ordinary jurisdiction may be ordered to attend in person to give evidence only if he resides at a place less than:

   A.one hundred kilometres, or three hundred kilometres where public conveyance covers half the distanceB.one hundred kilometres, or five hundred kilometres where public conveyance covers five-sixths of the distanceC.fifty kilometres, or two hundred kilometres where a public conveyance covers five-sixths of the distanceD.two hundred kilometres, or five hundred kilometres where a public conveyance covers two-thirds of the distance
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2. 2. Under Order V Rule 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a party residing outside the local limits of the Court's ordinary original jurisdiction may be ordered to appear in person only if he resides at a place less than:

   A.fifty miles from the court-house, or less than two hundred miles where public conveyance is available for five-sixths of the distanceB.two hundred miles from the court-house, whether or not railway, steamer or other public conveyance is available for the journeyC.one hundred kilometres from the court-house, or less than five hundred kilometres where public conveyance is available for five-sixths of the distanceD.twenty-five kilometres from the court-house, unless the Court records that examination on commission will not be adequate
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