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The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: page 135

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      (d) adjourn or bring forward a hearing if it finds sufficient reason to do so;
      (e) direct a party to attend the court for the purposes of examination under Rule 2 of Order X;
      (f) consolidate proceedings;
      (g) strike off the name of any witness or evidence that it deems irrelevant to the issues framed;
      (h) direct a separate trial of any issue;
      (i) decide the order in which issues are to be tried;
      (j) exclude an issue from consideration;
      (k) dismiss or give judgment on a claim after a decision on a preliminary issue;
      (l) direct that evidence be recorded by a Commission where necessary in accordance with Order
        XXVI;
      (m) reject any affidavit of evidence filed by the parties for containing irrelevant, inadmissible or
   argumentative material;
      (n) strike off any parts of the affidavit of evidence filed by the parties containing irrelevant,
   inadmissible or argumentative material;
      (o) delegate the recording of evidence to such authority appointed by the court for this purpose;
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      (p) pass any order relating to the monitoring of recording the evidence by a commission or any
   other authority;
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      (q) order any party to file land exchange a costs budget;
      (r) issue directions or pass any order for the purpose of managing the case and furthering the
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   overriding objective of ensuring the efficient disposal of the suit.
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   (2) When the court passes an order in exercise of its powers under this order, it may–
      (a) make it subject to conditions, including a condition to pay a sum of money into court; and
      (b) specify the consequence of failure to comply with the order or a condition.
   (3) While fixing the date for a Case Management Hearing, the court may direct that the parties also be
present for such Case Management Hearing, if it is of the view that there is a possibility of settlement
between the parties.
  7. Adjournment of Case Management Hearing.—(1) The Court shall not adjourn the Case
Management Hearing for the sole reason that the advocate appearing on behalf of a party is not present:
   Provided that an adjournment of the hearing is sought in advance by moving an application, the court
may adjourn the hearing to another date upon the payment of such costs as the court deems fit, by the
party moving such application.
   (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, if the court is satisfied that there is a justified
reason for the absence of the advocate, it may adjourn the hearing to another date upon such terms and
conditions it deems fit.
    8. Consequences of non-compliance with orders.—Where any party fails to comply with the order
of the court passed in a Case Management Hearing, the court shall have the power to–
   (a) condone such non-compliance by payment of costs to the court;
    (b) foreclose the non-compliant party's right to file affidavits, conduct cross-examination of witnesses,
file written submissions, address oral arguments or make further arguments in the trial, as the case may
be; or



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