First Schedule · Order 8 · Rule 8
New ground of defence
8. New ground of defence.—Any ground of defence which has arisen after the institution of the suit or the presentation of a written statement claiming a set-off [or counter-claim] may be raised by the defendant or plaintiff, as the case may be, in his written statement.
Understand civil procedure
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