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Notice to admit documents
Either party may call upon the other party *[to admit, within **[seven] days from the date of service of the notice any document,] saving all just exceptions; and in case of refusal or neglect to admit, after such notice, the costs of proving any such document shall be paid by the party so neglecting or refusing, whatever the result of the suit may be, unless the Court otherwise directs; and no costs of proving any document shall be allowed unless such notice is given, except where the omission to give the notice is, in the opinion of the Court, a saving of expense.
HIGH COURT AMENDMENTS
Allahabad.-
In Order XII, after rule 2,-
(a) after the words "neglect to admit", insert the words "without sufficient cause";
(b) for the word "the" occurring between the words "after such notice" and the words "costs of printing" substitute the words "such special";
(c) after the words "any such document", insert the words "as may be fixed by the Court not exceeding fifty rupees for each document;"
(d) after the words "the result of the suit may be" omit the comma and the words "unless the Court otherwise directs and the semicolon thereafter occurring.
[Vide Notification No. 43/VII-d-29, dated 1-6-1957.]
Patna:-
In Order XII, in rule 2, at the end, insert the following words, namely:-
"The Court may allow a penal cost in case of wrongful or unreasonable refusal to admit documents irrespective of the result of the litigation." (w.e.f. 26-7-2023)
*Subs, by Act No. 104 of 1976 for "to admit any document" (w.e.f. 1-2-2024).
**Subs. Act No. 46 of 1999, section 22 for "fifteen" (w.e.f. 1-7-2023).
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