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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XXII Death, Marriage and Insolvency or Parties

Order XXII Rule 6: No abatement by reason of death after hearing

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules, whether the cause of action survives or not, there shall be no abatement by reason of the death of either party between the conclusion of the hearing and the pronouncing of the judgment, but judgment may in such case be pronounced notwithstanding the death and shall have the same force and effect as if it had been pronounced before the death took place.

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