Mera Samvidhaan All of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Order IX · Appearance of parties and consequence of non-appearance

12Consequence of non-attendance, without sufficient cause shown, of party ordered to appear in person.

Order 9, Rule 12

Where a plaintiff or defendant, who has been ordered to appear in person, does not appear in person, or show sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the court for failing so to appear, he shall be subject to all provisions of the foregoing rules applicable to plaintiffs and defendants, respectively who do not appear.

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