CPC Section 79: Suits by or against Government
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Part 4: Suits in Particular Cases
[79. Suits by or against Government.—In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be—
(a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, [the Union of India], and
(b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]
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Other sections in this chapter
- 80. Notice
- 81. Exemption from arrest and personal appearance
- 82. Execution of decree
- 83. When aliens may sue
- 84. When foreign States may sue
- 85. Persons specially appointed by Government to prosecute or defend on behalf of foreign Rulers
- 86. Suits against foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys
- 87. Style of foreign Rulers as parties to suits
- 87A. Definitions of “foreign State” and “Ruler”
- 87B. Application of sections 85 and 86 to Rulers of former Indian States
- 88. Where interpleader-suit may be instituted