First Schedule — Order IX: Appearance of Parties and Consequence of Non-Appearance

Order 9 Rule 1 — Parties to appear on day fixed in summons for defendant to appear and answer

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Free to read

On the day fixed in the summons for the defendant to appear and answer, the parties shall be in attendance at the Court-house in person or by their respective pleaders, and the suit shall then be heard unless the hearing is adjourned to a future day fixed by the Court.