Order VI Rule 2: Pleading to state material facts and not evidence

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Every pleading shall contain, and contain only, a statement in a concise form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence, as the case may be, but not the evidence by which they are to be proved, and shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs, numbered consecutively. Dates, sums and numbers shall be expressed in figures.

Effective date: 1909-01-01

Related sections

Order VI Rule 18: Failure to amend after order Order VI Rule 3: Forms of pleading Order VI Rule 17: Amendment of pleadings Order VI Rule 4: Particulars to be given where necessary Order VI Rule 16: Striking out pleadings Order VI Rule 5: Further and better statement, or particulars

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