CPC 1908 § Order VII, Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint

Statutory text (English)

The plaint shall be rejected in the following cases:—
(a) where it does not disclose a cause of action:
(b) where the relief claimed is under valued, and the plaintiff, on being required by
the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to
do so:
(c) where the relief claimed is properly valued, but the plaint is written upon paper
insufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to
supply the requisite stamp-paper within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to
do so:
(d) where the suit appears from the statement in the plaint to be barred by any law.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order VII, Rule 11 (PLAINT): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 73, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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