First Schedule — Order XXIII: Withdrawal and Adjustment of Suits
Order 23 Rule 1A — When transposition of defendants as plaintiffs may be permitted
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Free to read
Where a suit is withdrawn or abandoned by a plaintiff under rule 1, and a defendant applies to be transposed as a plaintiff under rule 10 of Order I, the Court shall, in considering such application, have due regard to the question whether the applicant has a substantial question to be decided as against any of the other defendants.