Supreme Court Rules, 2013

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Contents
THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 2013
Part I.— General
Order I 
1.    Interpretation, etc.
Order II
2.    Offices of the Court : Sittings and Vacation, etc.
Order III
3.    Officers of the Court, etc.
Order IV
4.    Advocates
Order V
5.    Business in Chambers
Order VI
6.    Constitution of Division Courts and Powers of a Single Judge
Order VII
7.    Proceedings by or Against Minors or Persons of Unsound Mind
Order VIII
8.    Documents
Order IX
9.    Affidavits
Order X
10.  Inspection, Search, etc.
Order XI
11.  Notices of Motion
Order XII
12.  Judgments, Decrees and Orders
Order XIII
13.  Copying
Order XIV
14.  Payment into and out of Court or Suitor's Funds
Order XV
15.  Petitions Generally
Part II.—Appellate Jurisdiction 
(A) General
Order XVI
16.  Hearing of Appeals
Order XVII
17.  Miscellaneous
Order XVIII
18.  Appeals and Applications by Indigent Person
(B) Civil Appeals
Order XIX
19.  Appeals on Certificate by High Court
        a) Appearance by Respondent
        b) Preparation of Record
        c) Special Case
        d) Withdrawal of Appeal
        e) Non-Prosecution of Appeals-Change of Parties   
(C) Criminal Appeals
Order XX
20.  Preparation of the Record
21.  Hearing of the Appeal
(D) Provisions Regarding Special Leave Petitions under Article 136 of the Constitution
Order XXI
22.  Special Leave Petitions (Civil)
Order XXII
23.  Special Leave Petitions in Criminal Proceedings
(E) Appeals Under the Special Acts 
Order XXIII
24.  Appeals under Section 38 of the Advocates Act,  1961 (25 of 1961)
Order XXIV
25.  Appeals under Section 23 of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 (68 of 1986) 
Part III.— Original Jurisdiction
(A)  Original Suits 
Order XXV
26.  Parties to Suits
Order XXVI
27.  Plaints
Order XXVII
28.  Issue and Service of Summons
Order XXVIII
29.  Written Statement, Set-off and Counter-claim
Order XXIX
30.  Pleadings Generally
Order XXX
31.  Discovery and Inspection
Order XXXI
32.  Admissions
Order XXXII
33.  Summoning and Attendance of Witnesses
Order XXXIII
34.  Adjournments
Order XXXIV
35.  Hearing of the Suit
Order XXXV
36.  Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits
Order XXXVI
37.  Payment into Court
Order XXIX
38.  Special Case
(B) Petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution 
Order XXXVIII
39.  Applications for Enforcement of Fundamental Rights (Article 32 of the Constitution)
        a) Habeas Corpus
        b) Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, Quo-Warrantoa and other Directions or Orders
        c) Public Interest Litigation 
(C) Applications for Transfer of Cases 
Order XXXIX
40.  Applications for Transfer of Criminal Proceeding under Section 406 of the Criminal
        Procedure Code, 1973 and Section 11 of the Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts)
        Act, 1984 
Order XL
41.  Applications for Transfer under Article 139-A(1) of the Constitution
Order XLI
42.  Applications for Transfer under Article 139-A(2) of the Constitution and Section 25 of the
        Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 
(D)References 
Order XLII
43.  Special Reference under Article 143 of the Constitution
Order XLIII
44.  Reference made by the President under Article 317(1) of the Constitution or any Statute,
        or by Governor Under any Statute 
Order XLIV
45.  Reference made by the Central Government/Statutory Tribunals Under Statutes
Order XLV
46.  Reference under Section 257 of the Income Tax Act, 1961
(E) Election Petitions 
Order XLVI
47.  Election Petitions under Part III of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952
        (31 of 1952)
Part.— IV
Order XLVII
48.  Review
Order XLVIII
49.  Curative Petition
Part.— V
Order XLIX
50.  Costs 
Order L
51.  Taxation
52.  Rules Relating to Advocates and Client Taxation
53.  Review of Taxation and Miscellaneous Provisions
Part VI.— Miscellaneous 
Order LI
54.  Notice of Proceedings to the Attorney-General for India Advocate-General of States
Order LII
55.  Forms to be Used
Order LIII
56.  Service of Documents
Order LIV
57.  Commissions 
Order LV
58.  Power to Dispense and Inherent Powers
Part.— VII
Order LVI
59.  Destruction of Records
Part.— VIII
Order LVII
Repeal
Part.— IX
Order LVII
Schedule
Forms
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