3. Presentation of application. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the application shall be presented to the Court by the applicant in person, unless he is exempted from appearing in Court, in which case the application may be presented by an authorized agent who can answer all material questions relatingKEEP READING
4. Examination of applicant. (1) Where the application is in proper form and duly presented, the Court may, if it thinks fit, examine the applicant, or his agent when the applicant is allowed to appear by agent, regarding the merits of the claim and the property of the applicant. (2)KEEP READING
5. Rejection of application. The Court shall reject an application for permission to sue as an indigent person- (a) where it is not framed and presented in the manner prescribed by rule 2 and 3, or (b) where the applicant is not an indigent persons, or (c) where he has,KEEP READING
6. Notice of day for receiving evidence of applicant’s indigency. Where the Court sees no reason to reject the application on any of the grounds stated in rule 5, it shall fix a day (of which at least ten day’s clear notice shall be given to the opposite party andKEEP READING
7. Procedure at hearing. (1) On the day so fixed or as soon thereafter as may be convenient the Court shall examine the witnesses (if any) produced by either party, and may examine the applicant or his agent, and shall make a full record of their evidence. (1A) The examinationKEEP READING
8. Procedure if application admitted. Where the application is granted, it shall be numbered and registered, and shall be deemed the plaint in the suit, and the suit proceed in all other respects as a suit instituted in the ordinary manner, except that the plaintiff shall not be liable toKEEP READING
9. Withdrawal of permission to sue as an indigent person. The Court may, on the application of the defendant, or of the Government pleader, of which seven days clear notice in writing has been given to the plaintiff, order that the permission granted to the plaintiff to sue as anKEEP READING
9A. Court to assign a pleader to an unrepresented indigent person. (1) Where a person, who is permitted to sue as an indigent person, is not represented by a pleader, the Court may, if the circumstances of the case so require, assign a pleader to him. (2) The High CourtKEEP READING
10. Costs were indigent person succeeds. Where the plaintiff succeeds in the suit, the Court shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have been paid by the plaintiff if he had not been permitted to sue as an indigent person; such amount shall be recoverable by the State GovernmentKEEP READING
11. Procedure where indigent person fails. Where the plaintiff fails in the suit or the permission granted to him to sue as an indigent person has been withdrawn, or where the suit is withdrawn or dismissed,- (a) because the summons for the defendant to appear and answer has not beenKEEP READING
11A. Procedure where indigent persons suit abates. Where the suit abates by reason of the death of the plaintiff or of any person added as a co-plaintiff, the Court shall order that amount of court-fees which would have been paid by the plaintiff if he had not been permitted toKEEP READING
12. State Government may apply for payment of court-fees. The State Government shall have the right at any time to apply to the Court to make an order for the payment of court-fees under rule 10, rule 11 or rule 11A. Read CPC in a better and systematic way. DownloadKEEP READING
13. State Government to be deemed a party. All matters arising between the State Government and any party to the suit under rule 10, rule 11 rule 11A or rule 12 shall be deemed to be questions arising between the parties to the suit within the meaning of section 47.KEEP READING
14. Recovery of amount of court-fees. Where an order is made under rule 10, rule 11 or rule 11A, the court shall forthwith cause a copy of the decree or order to be forwarded to the Collector who may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, recover the amountKEEP READING
15. Refusal to allow applicant to sue as indigent person to bar subsequent application of like nature. An order refusing to allow the applicant top sue as indigent person shall be a bar to any subsequent application of the like nature by him in respect of the same right toKEEP READING
15A. Grant of time for payment of court-fee. Nothing contained in rule 5, rule 7 or rule 15 shall prevent a Court, while rejecting an application under rule 5 or refusing an application under rule 7, from granting time to the applicant to pay the requisite court-fee within such timeKEEP READING
