First Schedule · Order 27A · Rule 2
Court may add Government as party
2. Court may add Government as party.—The Court may at any stage of the proceedings order that the Central Government or a State Government shall be added as a defendant in any suit involving [any such question as is referred to [in clause (1) of Article 132 read with Article 147, of the Constitution]], if [the Attorney General for India] or the Advocate-General of the State, as the case may be, whether upon receipt of notice under rule 1, or otherwise, applies for such addition and the Court is satisfied that such addition is necessary or desirable for the satisfactory determination of the question of law involved.
Understand civil procedure
Banaka editorial consolidation of the general central text, with the 2025 postal-service amendments applied. Not an official or certified edition. State/High Court variations, commercial-dispute modifications and prescribed Appendix forms are not consolidated here; consult the source and applicable court rules. Hindi learning guides are original explanations, not a statutory translation. Source checked: 2026-10-01. Source PDF page: 187. Government reference PDF. 2025 amending Act. For reference and study, not individual legal advice.