Representation of minor by next friend or guardian for the suit
Full Text
(1) Every application to the Court on behalf of a minor, other than an application under rule 10, sub-rule (2), shall be made by his next friend or by his guardian for the suit.
(2) Every order made in a suit or on any application, before the Court in or by which a minor is in any way concerned or affected, without such minor being represented by a next friend or guardian for the suit, as the case may be, may be discharged, and, where the pleader of the party at whose instance such order was obtained knew, or might reasonably have known, the fact of such minority, with costs to be paid by such pleader.
Plain English Summary
Mandates that all applications affecting a minor must be filed through their next friend or guardian, declaring orders passed against an unrepresented minor liable to be discharged under sub-rule (2) with cost penalties against culpable counsel.
Key Legal Elements
- Exclusive Locus: Applications on behalf of minor must be moved by next friend / guardian ad litem.
- Discharge of Defective Orders (Sub-rule 2): Orders procured behind an unrepresented minor's back are liable to be recalled/discharged.
- Advocate Cost Penalty: Personal liability on counsel who knew or ought to have known of the minority and concealed it.
Practical Note
Discharging Ex-Parte Injunctions Against Minors: If the adversary secretly obtained an interim injunction or status quo order against a property in which a minor co-owner was sued directly without appointing a guardian, immediately apply under Rule 5(2) to discharge the order. Cite the advocate's knowledge of the family genealogy to pray for exemplary costs against the opposing pleader.
हिंदी पाठ
(1) नियम 10 के उप-नियम (2) के अधीन आवेदन से भिन्न, अवयस्क की ओर से न्यायालय को प्रत्येक आवेदन उसके वाद-मित्र द्वारा अथवा वाद के वास्ते उसके संरक्षक द्वारा किया जाएगा।
(2) किसी वाद में या किसी आवेदन पर न्यायालय के समक्ष किया गया ऐसा प्रत्येक आदेश, जिससे कोई अवयस्क किसी भी प्रकार से संबंधित या प्रभावित है, ऐसे अवयस्क के, यथास्थिति, वाद-मित्र या संरक्षक द्वारा प्रतिनिधित्व किए बिना किए जाने पर, उन्मोचित (Discharged) किया जा सकेगा; और जहां उस पक्षकार का प्लीडर, जिसकी प्रेरणा पर ऐसा आदेश प्राप्त किया गया था, ऐसी अवयस्कता के तथ्य को जानता था या युक्तियुक्त रूप से जान सकता था, वहां उस प्लीडर द्वारा दिए जाने वाले खर्चों सहित उन्मोचित किया जा सकेगा।