Use of forms in appendices
Full Text
The Forms given in the appendices, with such variation as the circumstances or each case may require, shall be used for the purposes therein mentioned.
Plain English Summary
Directs that the statutory forms contained in the Appendices to the Code (pleadings, process, discovery, execution, decrees) shall be used for their specified purposes, permitting necessary adaptations to suit individual cases.
Key Legal Elements
- Statutory Standard Forms: Prescribes use of Forms in Appendices A through H of the CPC.
- Permissible Variations: Expressly authorizes modifications to fit specific factual matrices.
- Substance Over Technical Form: Strict adherence to statutory intent while avoiding rigid formalism.
Practical Note
Use and Flexibility of Statutory Forms: 1. Guidance Rather than Inflexible Straitjacket: In Virendra Kashinath Ravat v. Vinayak Joshi (1999) 1 SCC 47, the Supreme Court held that the forms in the appendices are meant to guide practitioners and courts. While material substantive requirements cannot be dispensed with (such as statutory averments in specific performance suits under Appendix A Form 47/48), a literal verbatim replication is not required if the core legal ingredients are clearly pleaded. 2. Official Ministerial Processes: For court registries and ministerial staff, standard forms in Appendix B (Process), Appendix D (Decrees), and Appendix E (Execution) must be utilized to maintain institutional uniformity and legal certainty.
हिंदी पाठ
परिशिष्टों में दिए गए प्ररूपों (Forms) का उपयोग, ऐसे परिवर्तनों सहित जैसा प्रत्येक मामले की परिस्थितियां अपेक्षित करें, उनमें उल्लिखित प्रयोजनों के लिए किया जाएगा।