First Schedule · Order 8

Written statement, set-off and counter-claim

Rules restart their numbering within each Order. Rule 1 of this Order is not CPC Section 1.

1. Rule 1: Written statement
2. Rule 1A: Duty of defendant to produce documents upon which relief is claimed or relied upon by him
3. Rule 2: New facts must be specially pleaded
4. Rule 3: Denial to be specific
5. Rule 4: Evasive denial
6. Rule 5: Specific denial
7. Rule 6: Particulars of set-off to be given in written statement
8. Rule 6A: Counter-claim by defendant
9. Rule 6B: Counter-claim to be stated
10. Rule 6C: Exclusion of counter-claim
11. Rule 6D: Effect of discontinuance of suit
12. Rule 6E: Default of plaintiff to reply to counter-claim
13. Rule 6F: Relief to defendant where counter-claim succeeds
14. Rule 6G: Rules relating to written statement to apply
15. Rule 7: Defence or set-off founded upon separate grounds
16. Rule 8: New ground of defence
17. Rule 8A: [Omitted.] (omitted/repealed)
18. Rule 9: Subsequent pleadings
19. Rule 10: Procedure when party fails to present written statement called for by Court

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