Mera Samvidhaan All of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Order VIII · Written statement, set-off and counter-claim

7Defence or set-off founded upon separate grounds.

Order 8, Rule 7

Where the defendant relies upon several distinct grounds of defence or set-off 1[or counter-claim] founded upon separate and distinct facts, they shall be stated, as far as may be, separately and distinctly.

1 Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 58 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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