Order 23, Rule 1A, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — When transposition of defendants as plaintiffs may be permitted

Order XXIII · Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits

1AWhen transposition of defendants as plaintiffs may be permitted.

Order 23, Rule 1A

Where a suit is withdrawn or abandoned by a plaintiff under rule 1, and a defendant applies to be transposed as a plaintiff under rule 10 of Order I, the Court shall, in considering such application, have due regard to the question whether the applicant has a substantial question to be decided as against any of the other defendants.]

¹ Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 74 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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