CPC 1908 § Order XLI, Rule 25 — Where Appellate Court may frame issues and refer them for trial to Court whose

Statutory text (English)

decree appealed from. Where the court from whose decree the appeal is preferred has omitted to
frame or try any issue, or to determine any question of fact, which appears to the Appellate Court
essential to the right decision of the suit upon the merits, the Appellate Court may, if necessary, frame
issues, and refer the same for trial to the Court from whose decree the appeal is preferred, and in such
case shall direct such Court to take the additional evidence required;
and such court shall proceed to try such issues, and shall return the evidence to the Appellate
Court together with its findings thereon and the reasons therefor.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XLI, Rule 25 (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. 171, 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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