Order V Rule 4: No party to be ordered to appear in person unless resident within certain limits
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No party shall be ordered to appear in person unless he resides (a) within the local limits of the Court's ordinary original jurisdiction, or (b) without such limits but at a place less than fifty or (where there is railway or steamer communication or other established public conveyance for five sixths of the distance between the place where he resides and the place where the Court is situate) less than two hundred miles distance from the court house.
Effective date: 1909-01-01
Related sections
Order V Rule 30: Substitution of letter for summonsOrder V Rule 5: Summons to be either to settle issues or for final disposalOrder V Rule 3: Court may order defendant or plaintiff to appear in personOrder V Rule 6: Fixing day for appearance of defendantOrder V Rule 29: Duty of person to whom summons is delivered or sent for servicesOrder V Rule 7: Summons to order defendant to produce documents relied on by him
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