CPC 148A — Right to lodge a caveat

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

[148A.  Right  to  lodge  a  caveat.—(1) Where  an  application  is  expected  to  be  made,  or  has  been
made, in a suit or proceeding instituted, or about to be instituted, in a Court, any person claiming a right to appear before the Court on the hearing of such application may lodge a caveat in respect thereof.
(2) Where  a  caveat has  been  lodged  under sub-section (1), the person  by  whom  the  caveat  has  been
lodged  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  caveator)  shall  serve  a  notice  of  the  caveat  by  registered  post,
acknowledgement due, on the person by whom the application has been, or is expected to be, made, under sub-section (1).
(3) Where, after a caveat has been lodged under sub-section (1), any application is filed in any suit or proceeding, the Court, shall serve a notice of the application on the caveator.
(4)  Where  a  notice  of  any  caveat  has  been  served  on  the  applicant,  he  shall  forthwith  furnish  the
caveator  at  the  caveator’s  expense,  with  a  copy  of the  application  made  by  him  and  also  with  copies  of any paper or document which has been, or may be, filed by him in support of the application.

(5) Where a caveat has been lodged under sub-section (1), such caveat shall not remain in force after
the  expiry  of  ninety  days  from  the  date  on  which  it  was  lodged  unless  the  application  referred  to  in sub-section (1) has been made before the expiry of the said period.]

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