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Under central Order XVI rule 19 CPC, a witness lives outside the court’s ordinary jurisdiction.…

Outside ordinary jurisdiction, the general threshold is less than 100 kilometres. The rule separately permits less than 500 kilometres when specified public conveyance…

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Under central Order XVI rule 19 CPC, a witness lives outside the court’s ordinary jurisdiction. Excluding the special public-conveyance and air-travel provisions, the witness must reside less than how many kilometres from the court-house to be ordered to attend personally?

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Outside ordinary jurisdiction, the general threshold is less than 100 kilometres. The rule separately permits less than 500 kilometres when specified public conveyance covers five-sixths of the distance, and includes an air-fare proviso. The question excludes these special routes. See Order XVI rule 19 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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Option A

Fifty kilometres is not the general central threshold.

Option B

Seventy-five kilometres is not the statutory threshold.

Option C

The general threshold is less than 100 kilometres, with separate transport provisions.

Option D

Five hundred kilometres concerns the separate public-conveyance limb.

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