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The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: page 149

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             (i) have the pages numbered consecutively as a separate document (or as one of several
          documents contained in a file);
              (ii) be divided into numbered paragraphs;
              (iii) have all numbers, including dates, expressed in figures; and
               (iv) if any of the documents referred to in the body of the affidavit are annexed to the
          affidavit or any other pleadings, give the annexures and page numbers of such documents that are
          relied upon.]
Amendment of Order XIX.—In the Schedule, in Order XIX, in rule 1, for the existing proviso, the
following proviso shall be substituted, namely:--
        “Provided that if it appears to the Court, whether at the instance of either party, or otherwise and
    whether before or after the filing of such affidavit, that the production of such witness for cross-
    examination is necessary and his attendance can be produced, the Court shall order the attendance of
    such witness, whereupon the witness may be examined, cross-examined and re-examined.”
[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 57 of 1976, s. 9]
                                                       ORDER XX
                                                  Judgment and decree
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     [ 1. Judgment when pronounced.—3[(1) The Court, after the case has been heard, shall pronounce
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judgment in an open Court, either at once, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable and when the
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judgment is to be pronounced on some future day, the Court shall fix a day for that purpose, of which due
notice shall be given to the parties or their pleaders:]
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     [Provided that where the judgment is not pronounced at once, every endeavour shall be made by the
Court to pronounce the judgment within thirty days from the date on which the hearing of the case was
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concluded but, where it is not practicable so to do on the ground of the exceptional and extraordinary
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circumstances of the case, the Court shall fix a future day for the pronouncement of the judgment, and
such day shall not ordinarily be a day beyond sixty days from the date on which the hearing of the case
was concluded, and due notice of the day so fixed shall be given to the parties or their pleaders.]
    *[(1) The Commercial Court, Commercial Division, or Commercial Appellate Division, as the case
may be, shall, within ninety days of the conclusion of arguments, pronounce judgment and copies thereof
shall be issued to all the parties to the dispute through electronic mail or otherwise.]
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     [(2) Where a written judgment is to be pronounced, it shall be sufficient if the findings of the Court
on each issue and the final order passed in the case are read out and it shall not be necessary for the Court
to read out the whole judgment 5***.
    (3) The judgment may be pronounced by dictation in open Court to a shorthand writer if the Judge is
specially empowered by the High Court in this behalf:
    Provided that, where the judgment is pronounced by dictation in open Court, the transcript of the
judgment so pronounced shall, after making such correction therein as may be necessary, be signed by the
judge, bear the date on which it was pronounced, and form a part of the record.]
    2. Power to pronounce judgment written by judge’s predecessor.—6[A Judge shall] pronounce a
judgment written, but not pronounced, by his predecessor.


1. Subs. by Act 66 of 1956, s. 14, for rule 1 (w.e.f. 1-1-1957).
2. The provisions of rules 1, 3, 4 and 5 are not applicable to the Chief Court of Oudh , see the Oudh Courts Act, 1925
   (U. P. Act 4 of 1925), s. 16 (2).
3. Subs. by Act 22 of 2002, s. 13, for sub-rule (1) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002), Earlier rule 1 renumbered as sub-rule (1) of that rule
   by Act 104 of 1976, s. 70 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
4. Ins. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 70 (w.e.f. 1 -2-1977).
5. Certain words omitted by Act 46 of 1999, s. 28 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
6. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 70 for “A Judge may” (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
* Subs. by Act 4 of 2016, s. 16 and Sch., Shall be applicable to commercial disputes of a specified value (w.e.f. 23-10-2015).


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