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PART XI MISCELLANEOUS

Section 153B: Place of trial to be deemed to be open Court

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

The place in which any Civil Court is held for the purpose of trying any suit shall be deemed to be an open Court, to which the public generally may have access so far as the same can conveniently contain them:

Provided that the presiding Judge may, if he thinks fit, order at any stage of any inquiry into or trial of any particular case, that the public generally, or any particular person, shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the room or building used by the Court.]

Questions on this section

1 question in 7 of our papers cite Section 153B. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Consider the following statements: 1. Section 151 CPC is the source that confers inherent powers on civil courts. 2. Under Section 153 CPC, the Court may at any time, on such terms as to costs or otherwise as it thinks fit, amend any defect or error in any proceeding in a suit. 3. Under Section 153B CPC, the place in which a Civil Court is held for trying a suit is deemed to be an open Court, though the presiding Judge may order that the public shall not have access in a particular case. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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