Order IX Rule 3: Where neither party appears, suit to be dismissed
The Code of Civil Procedure · Code of Civil Procedure · Order IX · in_force
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Where neither party appears when the suit is called on for hearing, the Court may make an order that the suit be dismissed.
Effective date: 1909-01-01
Related sections
Order IX Rule 2: Dismissal of suit where summons not served in consequence of plaintiff’s failure to payOrder IX Rule 4: Plaintiff may bring fresh suit or Court may restore suit to fileOrder IX Rule 14: No decree to be set aside without notice to opposite partyOrder IX Rule 5: Dismissal of suit where plaintiff, after summons returned unserved, fails for threeOrder IX Rule 13: Setting aside decree ex parte against defendantOrder IX Rule 6: Procedure when only plaintiff appears
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