First Schedule · Order 8 · Rule 3
Denial to be specific
3. Denial to be specific.—It shall not be sufficient for a defendant in his written statement to deny generally the grounds alleged by the plaintiff, but the defendant must deal specifically with each allegation of fact of which he does not admit the truth, except damages .
Understand civil procedure
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