First Schedule · Order 5 · Rule 28
Service on soldiers, sailors or airmen
28. Service on soldiers, sailors or airmen.—Where the defendant is a soldier, [sailor] [or airman], the Court shall send the summons for service to his commanding officer together with a copy to be retained by the defendant.
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: 94. Government reference PDF. 2025 amending Act. For reference and study, not individual legal advice.