CPC Section 129: Power of High Courts to make rules as to their original civil procedure
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part 10: Rules
129. Power of High Courts to make rules as to their original Civil procedure.—Notwithstanding anything in this Code, any High Court [not being the Court of a Judicial Commissioner] may make such rules not inconsistent with the Letters Patent [or order] [or other law] establishing it to regulate its own procedure in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction as it shall think fit, and nothing herein contained shall affect the validity of any such rules in force at the commencement of this Code.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 121. Effect of rules in First Schedule
- 122. Power of certain High Courts to make rules
- 123. Constitution of Rules Committees in certain States
- 124. Committee to report to High Court
- 125. Power of other High Courts to make rules
- 126. Rules to be subject to approval
- 127. Publication of rules
- 128. Matters for which rules may provide
- 130. Power of other High Courts to make rules as to matters other than procedure
- 131. Publication of rules