Rea 11 August 2023

Obtaining case statement- civil law

A person has been served court summons in a case.

He is a defendent in a case (civil case - land dispute - order 7, rule 1-11).

I told him to get case statement to see the details of case.

I checked in 'eCourts Services' app, but case statement is not uploaded.

He asked in court office.

He was told to submit a petition from a lawyer.

He wants to read the case statement before hiring a lawyer.

My question is:

HOW TO OBTAIN CASE STATEMENT IN CIVIL CASE?

Can he write petition himself?

If so, is there a link to the petition format.

Is case statement accessible in ecourts app?

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Real Soul.... (LEGAL) 11 August 2023

Usually the copy of paint is served with the summons, now if that is not attached with summons then file application as plaintiff in the concerned court for issuance of copy of plaint and there is no need to hire any advocate for that . To provide you with the copy of plaint is duty of court, you should mention in application that the copy of plaint was not attached with summons.

P. Venu (Advocate) 11 August 2023

Yes, copy of the plaint ought to have been served with the summons. You may attend the court on the specified day and request the court (judge) to provide you with the copy of the case.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate) 12 August 2023

On the date of hearing, you may enter appearance before court and inform court that you did not get the copies of the plaint, documents etc and request the court to direct the plaintiff to furnish the copies of the same.

You will get a copy of all the papers filed by him on the instruction of court or if he has already filed the copies before court, then the court will instruct the clerk to give you copy

At this stage you don't require the assistance of an advocate