Order 27A, Rule 2, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Court may add Government as party

Order XXVIIA · Suits involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the constitution or as to the validity of any statutory instrument

2Court may add Government as party.

Order 27A, Rule 2

The Court may at any stage of the proceedings order that the Central Government or a State Government shall be added as a defendant in any suit involving ⁷[any such question as is referred to ⁸[in clause (1) of Article 132 read with Article 147, of the Constitution]], if ⁹[the Attorney General for India] or the Advocate-General of the State, as the case may be, whether upon receipt of notice under rule 1, or otherwise, applies for such addition and the Court is satisfied that such addition is necessary or desirable for the satisfactory determination of the question of law involved.

⁷ Subs. by the A. O. 1948, for “a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Government of India Act, 1935 or any Order-in-Council made thereunder”.

⁸ Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “in sub-section (1) of section 205 of the Government of India Act, 1935”.

⁹ Subs., ibid., for “the Advocate-General of India”.

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