PART IV SUITS IN PARTICULAR CASES SUITS BY OR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY

Section 79: Suits by or against Government

¹[In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be—

(a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, ²[the Union of India], and

(b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]

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1 question in 6 of our papers cite Section 79. Try these from the free papers:

1. Under Section 79 of the CPC, in a suit by or against the Central Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant is: