Mera Samvidhaan All of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Order VI · Pleadings generally

16Striking out pleadings.

Order 6, Rule 16

The Court may at any stage of the proceedings order to be struck out or amended any matter in any pleading—

(a) which may be unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous or vexatious, of

(b) which may tend to prejudice, embarrass or delay the fair trail of the suit, or

(c) which is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court.]

2 Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 56, for rule 16 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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