for civil suit case
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Anonymous
(Querist) 15 December 2011
This query is : Resolved
respected sir,
what is "WILKINSON RULE OF REGULATIONS 13 OF 1833".i have need of this rule to reporting a civil suit in high court.
pls explain in details.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 15 December 2011
Mahendra Singh And Ors. vs The Commissioner Of Chota Nagpur ... on 20 January, 1958
Equivalent citations: AIR 1958 Pat 603, 1958 (6) BLJR 169
www.indiankanoon.org/doc/705870/
Wilkinson's Rules werefor the administration of Civil Justice within the jurisdiction of the Agent to the Governor-General under Regulation XIII of 1833". "prescribed by the Governor-General in Council for the guidance of officers appointed within any of the scheduled districts
Wilkinson's Rules have been accepted as valid law and acted upon by the Government officers and the people of Kolhan area for several decades.
Decisions have been given, titles to property have passed and contracts have been made on the basis that Wilkinson's rules continue to exist in Kolhan area. It is important to notice that the Kolhan Inquiry Committee appointed by the State Government in 1948 has stated in Chapter II of its report that Civil justice is still administered under Wilkinson's Rules and that these rules are statutory rules framed under Regulation XIII of 1833 and are still in force in that area
Wilkinson's Rules were prescribed by the Governor-General by an order in Council under section V of Regulation XIII of 1833 and that these rules have been continued by Act XIV of 1874 and succeeding statutes.
