Pleading

 pleading

meaning:  in general use are

                plaint 

                written statement    

                petition

                affidavit

                counter - claim

                rules for drafting pleadings in india have been incorporated in Orders VI VII and VIII of CPC

Orders VI of CPC

 General principles to be adhered while drafting pleading

Orders VII

rules to be followed in drafting a plaint

Order VIII

rules to be followed in drafting   written statement    

Object : 

both parties to the dispute should know the exact points of such dispute

bring parties to real issue

avoid unnessary delay

reduce expense

give fair notice

provide brief summary of the case

assitance to the court by stating with precision thea area beyond which the dispute must not be permitted to extend

Rules of  Pleading

Plead Fact And not law

pleading of material facts and material facts only

material facts not evidence

pleading should be concise and Precise

Exception

presumptions

foreign law

mixed questions of law and fact

condition precedent