A suit under Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, can be filed on the basis of
Order XXXVII rule 1(2)(a) permits summary suits on bills of exchange, hundis and promissory notes, subject to the Order’s scope and applicable restrictions. Thus all three…
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A suit under Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, can be filed on the basis of
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Order XXXVII rule 1(2)(a) permits summary suits on bills of exchange, hundis and promissory notes, subject to the Order’s scope and applicable restrictions. Thus all three listed instruments can support this procedure; the word only in each individual alternative should not be mistaken for an exclusive statutory category. Other specified debt or liquidated-demand suits are also covered by rule 1(2)(b).
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