Address for service of notice
Full Text
(1) Every pleading, when filed by a party, shall be accompanied by a statement in the prescribed form, signed as provided in rule 14, regarding the address of the party.
(2) Such address may, from time to time, be changed by lodging in Court a form duly filled up and stating the new address of the party and accompanied by a verified petition.
(3) The address furnished in the statement made under sub-rule (1) shall be called the “registered address” of the party, and shall, until duly changed as aforesaid, be deemed to be the address of the party for the purpose of service of all processes in the suit or in any appeal from any decree or order therein made and for the purpose of execution, and shall hold good, subject as aforesaid, for a period of two years after the final determination of the cause or matter.
(4) Service of any process may be effected upon a party at his registered address in all respects as though such party resided thereat.
(5) Where the registered address of a party is discovered by the Court to be incomplete, false or fictitious, the Court may, either on its own motion, or on the application of any party, order—
(a) in the case where such registered address was furnished by a plaintiff, stay of the suit, or
(b) in the case where such registered address was furnished by a defendant, his defence be struck out and he be placed in the same position as if he had not put up any defence.
(6) Where a suit is stayed or a defence is struck out under sub-rule (5), the plaintiff or, as the case may be, the defendant may, after furnishing his true address, apply to the Court for an order to set aside the order of stay or, as the case may be, the order striking out the defence.
(7) The Court, if satisfied that the party was prevented by any sufficient cause from filing the true address at the proper time, shall set aside the order of stay or order striking out the defence, on such terms as to costs or otherwise as it thinks fit and shall appoint a day for proceeding with the suit or defence, as the case may be.
(8) Nothing in this rule shall prevent the Court from directing the service of a process at any other address, if, for any reason, it thinks fit to do so.
Plain English Summary
Mandates filing a registered address with every pleading for service of all suit, appellate, and execution processes, imposing severe statutory penalties—stay of suit for plaintiffs and striking out defense for defendants—if the address is false, incomplete, or fictitious.
Key Legal Elements
- Mandatory Registered Address: Accompanies every plaint or written statement.
- Validity Duration: Holds good throughout the suit, in all appeals, and for 2 years after final disposal in execution.
- Statutory Fiction of Residence: Service effected at registered address is conclusive deemed service.
- Penal Consequences for False/Fictitious Address (Sub-rule 5): Automatic stay of suit against plaintiff; striking out defense against defendant.
- Restoration Process: Requires furnishing true verified address and satisfying court on sufficient cause.
Practical Note
Lethal Weapon against Fictitious Litigants: 1. Defense Strike-Out Application: If a defendant furnishes a fake or non-existent address to evade process or delay execution, file: 'Application on behalf of Plaintiff under Order VI Rule 14A(5)(b) read with Section 151 CPC for Striking Out the Defence of Defendant No. 1 on account of furnishing false and fictitious registered address'. 2. Execution Protection: Decree-holders can execute directly against the registered address on record under sub-rule (3) without needing fresh address verification for up to two years post-decree.
हिंदी पाठ
(1) प्रत्येक अभिवचन के साथ, जब वह किसी पक्षकार द्वारा दाखिल किया जाता है, पक्षकार के पते के संबंध में विहित प्ररूप में एक विवरण होगा जिस पर नियम 14 में उपबंधित रूप में हस्ताक्षर होंगे।
(2) ऐसा पता पक्षकार के नए पते का उल्लेख करते हुए विधिवत भरा हुआ प्ररूप सत्यापित अर्जी सहित न्यायालय में दाखिल करके समय-समय पर बदला जा सकेगा।
(3) उपनियम (1) के अधीन विवरण में दिया गया पता पक्षकार का “रजिस्ट्रीकृत पता” (Registered Address) कहलाएगा, और जब तक वह बदला न जाए, वाद में अथवा उसमें पारित किसी डिक्री या आदेश से किसी अपील में और निष्पादन के प्रयोजन के लिए पक्षकार का पता समझा जाएगा और अंतिम अवधारण के पश्चात दो वर्ष की अवधि तक विधिमान्य रहेगा।
(4) किसी पक्षकार पर उसके रजिस्ट्रीकृत पते पर किसी आदेशिका की तामील सभी दृष्टियों से ऐसे की जा सकेगी मानो वह पक्षकार वहां निवास करता हो।
(5) जहां न्यायालय द्वारा यह पाया जाता है कि पक्षकार का रजिस्ट्रीकृत पता अपूर्ण, मिथ्या या काल्पनिक है, वहां न्यायालय स्वप्रेरणा से या किसी पक्षकार के आवेदन पर आदेश दे सकेगा—
(क) उस दशा में जहां ऐसा पता वादी द्वारा दिया गया था, वाद के स्थगन (Stay) का, या
(ख) उस दशा में जहां ऐसा पता प्रतिवादी द्वारा दिया गया था, उसकी प्रतिरक्षा काट दिए जाने (Defence struck out) का और उसे ऐसी स्थिति में रखे जाने का मानो उसने कोई प्रतिरक्षा प्रस्तुत ही न की हो।
(6) सच्चा पता देने के पश्चात पक्षकार स्थगन या प्रतिरक्षा काटने के आदेश को अपास्त कराने का आवेदन कर सकेगा।