Civil court procedure

you can find this all in the civil procedure code in the orders and rules section

Stages depend  upon case  to case: reply means defence,Argument means to give reasons for or against something

Read civil proncedure code ,1908

Read this ;links:

https://www.legalhelpindia.com/.../THE%20CODE%20OF%20CIVIL%20PROCEDURE,%201908.doc

https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/51-100/Report54.pdf

for threaritical and practical purposes the following for the general stages of civil suits. This may vary from order 1 to 20 of C.P.C 

filing

numbering

issuance of summons

appearance of defendant

filing of written statement 

framing of issues

fixing day for trail

evidence of parties(plaintiff=defendant)

chief and cross examinations

arguments of parties and in reply to the arguments after oral evidence over

then judgment. 

Thank you Mr. Ganesan.

Can you please guide with the process of passing ex parte award.

Regards,