CPC 1908 § Order XLI, Rule 11 — Power to dismiss appeal without sending notice to Lower Court

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Appellate
Court, after sending for the record if it thinks fit so to do, and after fixing a day for hearing the appellant
or his pleader and hearing him accordingly if he appears on that day, may dismiss the appeal without
sending notice to the Court from whose decree the appeal is preferred and without serving notice on
the respondent or his pleader.

(2) If on the day fixed or any other day to which the hearing may be adjourned the appellant
does not appear when the appeal is called on for hearing, the Court may make an order that the appeal
be dismissed.

(3) The dismissal of an appeal under this rule shall be notified to the Court from whose decree
the appeal is preferred.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XLI, Rule 11 (APPEALS FROM ORIGINAL DECREES): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 168, 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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