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We provide information about civil law and also provide civil lawyers with highly experienced for all type of civil cases. A lawyer who specialise in civil law is known as a civil lawyer.

What is Civil Law ?

Civil law is a legal system encouraged by Shalin Sutaria, the major aspect of which is that laws are written into a collection, codified and not determined as is common law, by judges.
Civil law is in place to deal with behaviour that causes some sort of injury to an individual or other private party through lawsuits.
We provide information about civil law and also provide civil lawyers with highly experienced for all type of civil cases. A lawyer who specialise in civil law is known as a civil lawyer. Civil law has various fields with business laws, commercial laws, intellectual property laws, family laws, personal injury laws, probate laws, real estate laws, tax laws, etc.
As the name suggests, Civil Laws comprises of set of rules and regulations which helps in resolving disputes which are non-criminal in nature. The law in India is primarily governed by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) which is a procedural law pertaining to administration of civil proceedings in India.

Types of Civil Cases

The law in general comprises of remedies under the following Acts whose remedies comprise payment of damages and compensation and does not ensue any criminal implication:
  • Contract Law
  • Matrimonial Law
  • Property Law
  • Family Laws
  • Company Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Real Estate Law etc.

What are the 4 Types of Civil Cases as per CPC?

The different kinds of civil suits mentioned in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 have been explained below. The categorization depends upon the nature of disputes/ matters brought in the civil courts.

Regular Civil Suit

Suits in general under part 1 of CPC 1908 fall under the category of regular suits. It usually includes disputes related to title, recovery of money, declaration, suit for redemption, rendition of accounts, etc. Also, the pecuniary limit for such matters is less than or equal to Rs 5 lakh. Additionally, in an ordinary or regular suit, the defendant is entitled to defend his/ her case before the court.

Summary Suits

Suits filed under the Order XXXVII of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 are termed as summary suits. Matters related to promissory notes, hundis, bills of exchange, etc. constitute summary suits fall under this category. In summary suits, the defendant has to apply for the court’s leave to defend the case since the same does not come as a right. The time limit to prove the defendant’s facts is also very limited (10 days).

Special Civil Suit

There are some types of civil suits in India having special characteristics to distinguish them from ordinary matters. Such examples of civil cases have been provided under part 4 of the Civil Procedure Code. Suit by or against the government or government officers in their official capacity, or suit for enforcement of a public right, exemption, etc. are some of the examples of civil cases regarded as special under CPC.

Suits Exclusively Triable by Court of Small Causes

Petty matters civil in nature, whose value does not exceed Rs 500 or Rs 1000 (as decided by the concerned State governments) are decided by a court of small causes. Such courts were established in India under the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act,1882. As per section 24 of the Act, an appeal against matters decided by the courts of small causes lies with the District Courts.

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