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

Order 9 Rule 12 — Consequence of non-attendance, without sufficient cause shown, of party ordered to appear in person

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Free to read

Where a plaintiff or defendant, who has been ordered to appear in person, does not appear in person, or show sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the court for failing so to appear, he shall be subject to all provisions of the foregoing rules applicable to plaintiffs and defendants, respectively who do not appear. Setting aside Decrees ex parte