First Schedule — Order XXVII-A: Suits Involving a Substantial Question of Law as to the Interpretation of the Constitution or as to the Validity of any Statutory Instrument

Order 27A Rule 1 — Notice to the Attorney General or the Advocate-General

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Free to read

In any suit in which it appears to the Court that any such question as is referred to [in clause (1) of Article 132, read with Article 147 of the Constitution,] is involved, the Court shall not proceed to determine that question until after notice has been given to [the Attorney General for India] if the question of law concerns the Central Government and to the Advocate-General of the State if the question of law concerns a State Government.