List of Applications under CPC (LITIGATION DRAFTING 2)

The Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) is procedural law that deals with the procedure to be followed by trial and appellate courts to handle civil matters. Pleadings are the basis of the case, on which the case stands and is decided. Apart from regular pleadings used in trials and appeals, various applications are required to be placed before the court during the pendency of the case for various reasons, such as urgent interim relief, amendments of pleadings, etc. In this article, we have compiled all requisite lists of applications under CPC used in trial and appellate courts. 

List of various applications/petitions provided in CPC are as follows –

STAY OF SUIT

• S. 10 – Petition for Stay of Suit

TRANSFER OF CASE

• S. 22 – Petition for Transfer of Case to Another Court
• S. 24 – Petition for Transfer of Case
• S. 25(1) – Petition for Transfer of a Suit from One State to a Court in Another State

SUITS IN PARTICULAR CASES

• S. 80(2) – Application for Leave

SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

• S. 92 – Application for removal of Defendant as Trustee
• S. 92 – Application for Leave of Court

SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS

• S. 95 – Application for Compensation for Wrongful Attachment before judgment

APPEALS

• S. 96 – Petition for Appeals from original decree
• S. 97 – Petition for Appeal from final decree where no appeal from preliminary decree
• S. 100 – Petition for appeal from appellate decree (Second Appeal)
• S. 104 – Petition for Appeal from order
• O. 41 R. 5 – Application for stay of Execution of Decree
• O. 45 R. 2,3 – Appeal to Supreme Court against the Decree and the Judgment

REFERENCE, REVIEW AND REVISION

• S. 114 r/w O. 47 R. 1 – Petition for review
• S. 115 – Petition for Revision

RESTITUTION

• S. 144 – Application for Restitution

CAVEAT

• S. 148A – Application for Caveat under S. 148A CPC

INHERENT POWERS

• S. 151 - Application under Section 151 CPC

AMENDMENT OF JUDGMENT AND DECREE

• S. 152 – Application under Section 152 CPC
• S. 153A – Application to Amend the Decree (Affirmed on Appeal)

PARTIES TO SUIT

• O. 1 R. 3 – Averment by Person interested to be Substituted as Plaintiff
• O. 1 R. 8 – Application of the Plaintiffs Sue the Defendants as Representatives of Other Defendant
• O. 1 R. 8A – Application under O 1 R. 8A CPC as amended
• O. 1 R. 10 – Application for Addition of Party

SERVICE OF SUMMONS

• O. 5 R. 20 – Application for Substituted Service

PLEADINGS

• O. 6 R. 17 – Application for amendment of Plaint
• O. 7 R. 11 – Application for Rejection of Plaint

RESTORATION OF SUIT

• O. 9 R. 4 – Application for Restoring the Suit to File
• O. 9 R. 9 – Restoration of Case
• O. 9 R. 13 – Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree

DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION

• O. 11 R. 1 – Application for Leave to Deliver Interrogatories
• O. 11 R. 7 – Application for Setting aside or Striking Out Interrogatories
• O. 11 R. 11 – Application for Order to Answer Further
• O. 11 R. 12 – Application for Discovery of Documents
• O. 11 R. 14 – Application for Production of Documents
• O. 11 R. 21 – Striking Off Defence

PRODUCTION, IMPOUNDING AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS

• O. 13 R. 10 – Application for Summoning Records

SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES

• O. 14 R. 5 – Application for amendment and addition of issues

EXAMINATION OF WITNESS

• O. 18 R. 16 – Application for Immediate Examination of Witness

EXECUTION

• S. 46 – Application by Decree-holder under S. 46, CPC for a Precept
• O. 21 R. 2(2) – Application of Judgment-debtor for Certification of Payment
• S. 39 and O. 21 R. 6 – Application of Decree-holder for Transfer of the Decree
• O. 21 R. 32 – Application for Execution of a Decree for Conjugal Rights to be Enforced
• O. 21 R. 16 – Application to Add Further Particulars of Description and Address
• O. 21 R. 58 – Application for Removal of Attachment
• O. 21 R. 66 – Application for Issue of Proclamation for Sale
• O. 21 R. 76 – Application for Permission to Bid
• O. 21 R. 89 – Application for Setting aside Sale of Deposit
• O. 21 R. 90 – Application for Setting aside Sale
• O. 21 R. 97 – Petition of Decree-holder
• O. 21 R. 100 – Application for Complaining of Unlawful Dispossession

DEATH, MARRIAGE AND INSOLVENCY OF PARTIES

• O. 22 R. 3 – Application for adding Description and Residence
• O. 22 R. 4 – Application of the Plaintiff under O. 22 R. 4
• O. 22 R. 9 – Application of the Plaintiff under O. 22 R. 9
• O. 22 R. 9 –  Application for Set aside the Abatement of Suit

WITHDRAWAL AND ADJUSTMENT OF SUITS

• O. 23 R. 1 – Application for Permission to Withdraw from the Suit
• O. 23 R. 3 – Application for Recording Compromise

COMMISSIONS

• O. 26 R. 4 – Application for Examination of Witnesses on Commission
• O. 26 R. 9 – Application for Local Investigation

SUITS BY OR AGAINST MINORS AND PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND

• O. 32 R. 3,4 – Application for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem

SUITS BY INDIGENT PERSON

• O. 33 R. 2 – Application for Permission to Sue as a Pauper

SUITS RELATING TO MORTGAGES OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

• O. 34 R. 5 – Application for Sale of Mortgaged Property
• O. 34 R. 8 – Application of the Defendant under O. 34 R. 8 CPC
• O. 34 R. 8 – Application of the Plaintiff/Mortgagor under O. 34 R. 8

SPECIAL CASE

• O. 36 R. 1 – Suit for Decision of a Special Case

SUMMARY PROCEDURE

• O. 37 – Summary Suit
• O. 37 R. 3(5) – Application for Leave to Defend

ARREST AND ATTACHMENT BEFORE JUDGMENT

• O. 38 R. 5 – Application for Arrest before Judgment
• O. 38 R. 5 – Application for Attachment before Judgment

TEMPORARY INJUNCTIONS

• O. 39 R. 1,2 – Application for Issue of Temporary Injunction

APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS

• O. 40 R. 1 – Appointment of Receiver